June 14, 2016
Article: The Disappearing Continent: A Critique of the Revised AP European History Examination
David Randall
The 2015 AP European History exam warps and guts the history of Europe.
June 16, 2016
MTC: Europe: The Disappearance of a Continent
David Randall
What the College Board did to American history two years ago it has now done to European history: erase and contort. Writing at the National Review Online’s The Corner, Stanley Kurtz makes clear what......
April 7, 2016
Article: Peter Wood: "The Common Core Is Dead"
Peter Wood
Do Common Core State Standards make sense to you? How do they affect you and your children? NAS President Peter Wood gets to the core of the matter.
December 17, 2015
Article: Teaching Particulars: A Review
David Randall
David Randall reviews Helaine Smith's argument for close reading in Teaching Particulars, and considers its implications for higher education.
December 29, 2015
MTC: The Liberal Arts Can’t Fix Higher Education
Mitchell Langbert
For the past two autumns the two leading academic reform organizations, the National Association of Scholars (NAS) and the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), have held events offering hig......
October 1, 2015
Article: College Board Rewrites Advanced Placement U.S. History Standards and History Itself
Peter Wood
NAS President Peter Wood reviews what has gone wrong with the APUSH standards.
October 21, 2015
Article: On the Outside Looking In
Marc S. Anderson
Marc S. Anderson writes about the political skew in an AP U.S. History teacher-training seminar.
September 11, 2015
Article: Re-re-re-revising American History
Peter Wood
NAS president Peter Wood evaluates APUSH 2.0 and considers the possibility of greater improvements.