August 9, 2014
Has the College Board Gone Too Far with Its Attack on AP U.S. History?
In Fall 2014, 450,000 of the nation’s top students will study the new Advanced Placement U.S. History’s version of America’s past – a past that is completely unrecognizable.
David Coleman, the architect of the Common Core and now the president of the College Board, which produces the Advanced Placement U.S. History Framework (APUSH), SAT, PSAT, and GED, recently reformulated the SAT.
Coleman’s latest attack on American education is the College Board’s radical redesign of the APUSH Curriculum Framework.
Headquartered in New York City and Reston, Virginia with six regional and two international offices, the College Board is a non-profit association of more than 6,000 educational institutions with a mission of promoting excellence and equity in education. The Board was founded in 1900 by twelve prestigious universities to create a standardized test to admit students based on merit. It prepares students for a “successful...(Read Full Article)