Georgia Senate Passes Resolution Rejecting 'Negative' AP History Exam
Source: TPM
The Georgia state senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that denounces the new Advanced Placement U.S. History curriculum and calls on the College Board to return to the old version of the course, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
The resolution states that if the College Board does not return to the previous version of the course, then Georgia must stop funding any trainings or instructional materials related to the class.
State Sen. William Ligon (R) sponsored the resolution in February, and called the new AP U.S. History course framework "a radically revisionist view of American history that emphasizes negative aspects of our nations history while omitting or minimizing positive aspects."
The Georgia Senate passed the bill 38-17 in a party-line vote, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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lobodons
(1,290 posts)History
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)I really despise these sorts of "reforms".
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)It's an AP course, dickwads. It prepares them for what they WILL hear in college.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)American history is a story of white anglophonic christians. But only the wealthy ones, mind.
They might as well demand that the class consist of nothing more than a 2nd grade thanksgiving play, buckled hats and everything
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)in happy, long-lasting, communion.
alp227
(32,068 posts)If Southern states are going to continue passing such regressive laws like this, why don't they form the Confederacy already?
xocet
(3,873 posts)n/t
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)That's like telling German kids to disregard the Nazi regime. If I had kids I wouldn't live in Georgia.
anotojefiremnesuka
(198 posts)Vegas should put up odds in the Red State Race for Ignorance!
I would place a bet on AL they been up to lots of crazy there lately!