HERE'S WHAT A PARENT CAN DO TO STOP DUMBED DOWN AMERICAN HISTORY:
“Combat New AP U. S. History Course by Taking Action”
by Donna Garner
9.7.14
http://www.educationviews.org/combat-ap-u-s-history-action/
Instead of sitting around wringing your hands about the fact that the unpatriotic leftists on the College Board are indoctrinating our school children through the new AP U. S. History course (APUSH), here is something viable and practical you can do:
ACTION STEP
Members of the public (e.g., moms, pops, grandparents, concerned citizens, AP U. S. History teachers) who object to the redesigned AP U. S. History course (APUSH) are needed to testify before the Texas State Board of Education either on Wednesday, Sept. 17, or on Friday, Sept. 19.
IMPORTANCE OF ALL TEXAS STUDENTS BEING TAUGHT THE SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS
Nothing in the Texas Education Code (TEC) gives AP U. S. History teachers permission to ignore the teaching of the fact-based, patriotic, state-mandated Social Studies TEKS (Texas’ curriculum standards) adopted by the elected members of the Texas State Board of Education.
Nothing in the TEC states that the AP U. S. History (APUSH) Framework should displace the teaching of the Social Studies TEKS.
The public testimony on the importance of all Texas public school students being taught the K-12 Social Studies TEKS will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Here is the link to the SBOE agenda for that day: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=25769815951
SBOE MEMBER KEN MERCER’S RESOLUTION
On Friday, Sept. 19, SBOE Member Ken Mercer will present his Resolution against the redesigned AP U. S. History course (APUSH). A vote on the Resolution by all the SBOE members will be taken.
Registration to testify for either the Wednesday, Sept. 17 session or the Friday, Sept. 19 session starts at 8:00 A. M. on Friday, Sept. 12 until 5:00 P. M. on Sept. 15. Those who call the Texas Education Agency early get to testify earlier - it's first come first served.
CONTACTING SBOE MEMBERS
It is not necessary for you to be a Texan to submit your support for the Resolution since the new and objectionable APUSH course is being driven by the College Board into schools throughout this nation.
Calls, letters, and e-mails are effective and should encourage the SBOE members to vote for SBOE Member Ken Mercer’s Resolution.
If you support this Resolution, please send an e-mail to each of the elected members of the SBOE by using this common SBOE e-mail address: sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
Here is a link to each of the SBOE members, their bios, and contact information: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=2147506719
INFORMATION FOR TESTIFIERS
It is important for testifiers to give specific examples from the APUSH Framework that indicate bias and that do not follow the Texas Education Code (Chapter 28) --
Link to Texas Education Code – Chapter 28: http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/?link=ED
Link to Public Testimony Registrations and Procedures as posted on the Texas Education Agency website -- http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=25769804082
For those who testify, it is important for them to give specific examples from the new APUSH Framework that contradict what is in the Social Studies TEKS –
Link to Social Studies TEKS: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter113/index.html
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW APUSH
9.3.14 -- “Action Step: Stand with SBOE Ken Mercer on Resolution To Stop New AP U. S. History Course” [This article also includes a bibliography of articles opposing the new APUSH. These articles provide specific examples that the public might want to use in their communications and testimonies to the SBOE.] -- http://www.educationviews.org/action-step-stand-sboe-ken-mercer-resolution-stop-ap-u-s-history/
9.6.14 – “SBOE’s Mercer Resolution Seeks To Stop Radical APUSH Redesign in Texas”
by Merrill Hope – Breitbart Texas -- http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/09/6/SBOE-s-Mercer-Resolution-Seeks-To-Stop-Radical-APUSH-Redesign-in-Texas
Here is what USED to be in the 5-page APUSH – Course Description – Effective Fall 2010 -- Please go to pp. 7 – 12 to see the Themes in AP U. S. History.
http://womenonthewall.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ap-us-history-course-description.pdf
Here is the link to the new 98-page, anti-American, 2014 APUSH – Course and Exam Description Including Curriculum Framework – Effective Fall 2014: http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-course-exam-descriptions/ap-us-history-course-and-exam-description.pdf
Donna Garner