DENVER (AP) — A fight in Colorado over how United States' history is taught has pitted the new conservative majority on a suburban Denver school board against students and teachers who accuse the board of censorship. For years, high school teachers have complained that Advanced Placement history classes — electives which are meant to help high school students prepare for college— were not challenging enough. The Colorado school board member who proposed reviewing the course, Julie Williams, says the course has an emphasis on "American-bashing" and says the framework omits important historical figures like Benjamin Franklin and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Q&a: What Are Students In Colorado Protesting?
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press, San Antonio Express-News: World
Wed, 10/01/2014 - 10:55pm
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