{"id":23351,"date":"2014-07-18T20:22:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T00:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23351"},"modified":"2014-07-18T20:22:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T00:22:35","slug":"its-not-your-fathers-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23351","title":{"rendered":"It’s Not Your Father’s History"},"content":{"rendered":"

On July 10, Stanley Kurtz<\/a> posted an article at National Review<\/a> about the changes being made to advanced placement<\/a> (AP) U.S. History under the Common Core program.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The new AP U.S. History<\/a> Exam has been issued under the authority of David Coleman<\/a>, president of the College Board<\/a> and, not coincidentally, architect of the Common Core. \u00a0We are witnessing a coordinated, two-pronged effort to effectively federalize all of American<\/a> K-12 education, while shifting its content sharply to the left.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So what is different about the content? Because the questions on the exam are being kept secret, we really don’t know.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

While the College Board has publicly released a lengthy \u201cframework\u201d for the new AP U.S. History Exam, that framework contains only a few sample<\/a> questions. \u00a0Sources tell me, however, that a complete sample exam has be released, although only to certified AP U.S. History teachers. \u00a0Those teachers have been warned, under penalty of law and the stripping of their AP teaching privileges, not to disclose the content of the new sample AP U.S. History Exam to anyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is clearly an effort to silence public debate over these heavily politicized and illegitimately nationalized standards. \u00a0If the complete sample test was available, the political nature of the new test would become evident. Public scrutiny of the sample test would also expose potential conflicts between the new exam and existing state standards. \u00a0This is why the College Board has kept the test secret and threatened officially certified AP U.S. History teachers with severe penalties for revealing the test.<\/strong><\/p>\n

American history is now a matter of secrecy?<\/p>\n

The article compares the roll-out of the new A.P. History exam to the roll-out of Common Core:<\/p>\n

The public should also insist that the College Board release its heretofore secret sample AP U.S. History test for public scrutiny and debate. \u00a0There is no excuse for withholding this test from the public.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just as the Common Core became an established fact before most American parents, lawmakers, and school districts even knew it existed, the new AP U.S. History Exam is about to entrench a controversial and highly politicized national school curriculum without proper notice or debate. \u00a0George Washington<\/a>, Thomas Jefferson<\/a>, and a full understanding of our founding principles are on the way out. \u00a0Race, gender, class, and ethnicity are coming in,\u00a0all in secrecy and in clear violation of the Constitution\u2019s guarantee that education remain in control of the states.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The time to oppose the new AP U.S. History Exam is now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If our children are not taught the good things about America and what it stands for, they will not preserve the republic. It’s time for all parents and grandparents to get involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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