And kudos to teachers and high school students…Tensions have run high in Jefferson County [Colorado] schools since three conservative candidates were elected to the school board. These new board members have suggested an extensive rewrite of the way history is taught to the area’s students to a model they believe is more patriotic.
The right-leaning board-members said they believe history teachers should teach nationalism, respect for authority and reverence for free markets. They should avoid teaching any historical events or acts that promote “civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law.”
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Conservatives around the country oppose the current federal AP history curriculum and exam because they believe that it is biased in favor of a liberal interpretation of history.
They complain that AP students are being taught a version of history that turns much of what is accepted as U.S. history on its ear and looks at the country’s history of oppression of ethnic minorities and the poor.
Raw Story
We’re not interested in the truth here.Teachers objected to the proposed politicization of history in the classroom and staged a system-side sick-out last week. Now, students are following their instructors’ lead.
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On Tuesday, hundreds of high school students in Jefferson County [...] walked out of classes
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Tuesday’s protests were an extension of a Monday walkout, in which 250 students at Evergreen High School in Golden walked out of morning classes to protest at Jefferson County School District headquarters..
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The liberal bias in the AP curriculum, [Retired New Jersey history teacher Larry S. Krieger] said, will turn students against large companies, corporations and wealthy Americans.
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While the narrative may be “historically true,” he argues, “progressives are going to be the heroes in this narrative.”
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