Editor’s Note: Elena Sheppard is a culture writer who focuses on books, fashion, theater and history. Her first book, “The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora,” is forthcoming from St.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement exams play an outsized role in American schooling. While they are taken by only a small slice of high schoolers, their prestige and visibility means they have a ...

For weeks, the Advanced Placement U.S. history course based on a newly revised “framework” for teachers has been the target of intense criticism around the country from conservatives who charge that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Domitrovic is a historian of supply-side economics Last week in high school across the country, the biggest Advanced ...

Last fall, the College Board released its revised 2014 AP US History framework — and faced major political backlash. AEI’s Rick Hess opined, “I can’t help but feel like the framework portrays a ...

Libby Nelson is Vox’s editorial director, politics and policy, leading coverage of how government action and inaction shape American life. Libby has more than a decade of policy journalism experience, ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. American history is constantly debated not only by historians but by politicians. So it was largely ...