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Tennessee Ed Board Won’t Condemn ‘Revisionist’ AP History Exam

A Global Studies class of 10th and 11th graders work at Bedford Academy High School on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 in New York. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott held a press conferenc... A Global Studies class of 10th and 11th graders work at Bedford Academy High School on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 in New York. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott held a press conference at the school to announce a record high Advance Placement (AP) and SAT exam scores for students city-wide. At Bedford Academy the number of students taking the SAT quadrupled since last year and tripled for AP since 2006, according to a press release statement. "About 98 percent of our students are going to college," said principal Adofo Muhammad, " But we won't be satisfied until it's a hundred." (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) MORE LESS
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November 2, 2014 4:34 p.m.
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The Tennessee Board of Education declined to adopt a resolution denouncing the controversial new AP U.S. History course framework, The Tennessean reported this week.

In September, two Republican Tennessee state senators urged the education board to address the new AP exam, which conservatives have condemned as “radically revisionist.”

Republican state Senators Dolores Gresham and Mike Bell asked the board to review the new curriculum.

The board held a discussion on the test on Thursday. Conservative activist Jane Robbins along with the conservative Tennessee Eagle Forum asked the board to adopt a resolution in which the board expressed “official disapproval” of the new AP U.S. history exam.

Although the board held a discussion with advocates on both sides of the debate, the board did not take any action. They said that the discussion filled the legislative requirement set by the state senate.

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