September 1, 2014
MTC: The College Board Distorts U.S. History
KC Johnson
A while back, I wrote a series here at Minding the Campus on the transformation of U.S. history in higher education. In a virtually unprecedented development, the last 10-20 years have featured a cons......
August 27, 2014
Article: Why Conservatives are Up in Arms About the College Board's AP History Course
Peter Wood
"We are told that the course is the work of scholars whose only agenda was to create a good course. This doesn’t ring true."
August 13, 2014
Academic Questions: Small Latin, and Less Greek
Bruce S. Thornton
Bruce Thornton, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor at California State University, Fresno, reviews Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations by Mary......
August 28, 2014
MTC: Making Jefferson, Madison and Franklin Disappear
Peter Wood
History News Network In 2012, the College Board released a new set of standards for the Advanced Placement United States History (APUSH) course. APUSH vanishes some figures who would seem indispens......
July 10, 2014
Article: Update on AP U.S. History
Peter Wood
Peter Wood reports new developments in the quiet unveiling of the revised Advanced Placement course in American history.
July 7, 2014
Article: Look What the College Board Has Done to U.S. History
Peter Wood
Peter Wood comments on the College Board's release of its new AP U.S. History curriculum.
July 1, 2014
Article: The New AP History: A Preliminary Report
Peter Wood
In this preliminary report, NAS president Peter Wood analyzes in detail the new AP United States history course.
July 2, 2014
MTC: Look What the College Board Has Done to U.S. History
Peter Wood
The College Board recently released its new AP U.S. History (APUSH) Curriculum Framework. It is, in many respects, a dispiriting document. A great deal of important U.S. history is given cursory tre......
March 14, 2014
Article: The World Citizen on Campus
Peter Wood
The campus Left has found a new way of fostering a soft disdain for the American civic tradition: teaching students to be “citizens of the world.”