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Sunday, February 22, 2015

American History? Politics is More Important than What Actually Happened

AP U.S. History controversy becomes a debate on America (Adam Lerner) from Politico
"An advanced high school U.S. history course has become the subject of an academic proxy war over what some consider a quasi-sacred national principle: American exceptionalism. The simmering national debate over Advanced Placement U.S. History, an optional high-school course whose final exam can earn students college credit, boiled over this week when an Oklahoma lawmaker sought to replace recommended course guidelines with his own."

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