December 17, 2015
Article: Teaching Particulars: A Review
David Randall
David Randall reviews Helaine Smith's argument for close reading in Teaching Particulars, and considers its implications for higher education.
December 29, 2015
MTC: The Liberal Arts Can’t Fix Higher Education
Mitchell Langbert
For the past two autumns the two leading academic reform organizations, the National Association of Scholars (NAS) and the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), have held events offering hig......
October 1, 2015
Article: College Board Rewrites Advanced Placement U.S. History Standards and History Itself
Peter Wood
NAS President Peter Wood reviews what has gone wrong with the APUSH standards.
August 17, 2015
Article: APUSH Teachers Speak
Ashley Thorne
High school AP U.S. history teachers are coming forward to share their dissatisfaction with the current version of the College Board’s APUSH framework.
August 4, 2015
MTC: The New History Guidelines Are Better
KC Johnson
I previously wrote about the new AP U.S. History guidelines (APUSH). The guidelines generated considerable criticism—in so small part because they seemed intent on evading state guidelines regarding t......
June 10, 2015
MTC: The New History Standards—a Reaction Is Coming
KC Johnson
Lynne Cheney had a high-profile piece in the April 1 Wall Street Journal critiquing the draft exam associated with the new Advanced Placement U.S. history standards (APUSH). (I’ve written on these sta......
June 8, 2015
Article: APUSH: The New, New, New History
Peter Wood
The new APUSH reforms has its roots in a longstanding attempt to claim American history for leftist political purposes.