The College Board on Wednesday released revised instructions for the AP U.S. History framework to address concerns that the company dramatically revised the class and presented a biased view of ...

To the editor: I take issue with Noah Berlatsky’s claim that teachers are trying to strip the past of relevance. I am a retired teacher who taught AP art history for more than 20 years and AP world ...

During the 11 years Trevor Packer has run the College Board’s Advanced Placement program, teachers of AP U.S. history have bemoaned the wide-open nature of the AP final exam’s multiple-choice section.

High school history teachers are fighting back against changes to Advanced Placement World History that would eliminate content on pre-colonial Africa, Asia, Americas, and the Middle East. The dispute ...

Several years ago, when he was one of a handful of academics on a commission to overhaul how Advanced Placement U.S. History would be taught, Fred Anderson did not foresee a political firestorm.

High school students in Advanced Placement classes study hard for long and challenging AP exams given the first two weeks in May. Before the students get their grades, however, thousands of teachers ...

Established in 2003 to document the news, administration and governance arms of the AP from its founding in 1846 to present, the AP Corporate Archives today contains collections representing AP ...

In Oklahoma, state lawmakers are debating a bill that would axe the teaching of Advanced Placement courses in U.S. history. The reason? Some believe the classes focus too much on what is "bad about ...

After a year of defending its 2014 framework for the AP U.S. History course against conservative criticism that it was presenting a negatively biased view of American history, the College Board just ...

The authors of the new Advanced Placement framework for U.S. History have released an “open letter” defending the document against critics who contend it puts a negative spin on American history. The ...

The nationwide backlash over the Advanced Placement U.S. history course appears to have died down this school year as teachers head back to the classroom. The rhetoric surrounding the rigorous class ...