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Board reviews proposed AP U.S. history textbook; supporters cite College Board alignment, critics raise concerns about perceived bias
Summary
Administrators and the social-studies department recommended purchasing an updated AP U.S. history textbook to reflect recent decades added to the College Board framework; some community members questioned language and framing in select chapters and asked the board to solicit specific teacher responses to identified concerns.
Dover Area School District administrators presented a recommended American history textbook for the high-school AP U.S. history course and explained the choice was made because the College Board rewrote the AP framework to include the most recent two decades of U.S. history.
Doctor Mitchell told the board the social-studies department, the high-school principal and curriculum leaders recommended a classroom set of 30 copies to prepare students for the AP exam. "This course has just had a rewriting of that AP exam to include the last 20 years of United States history," Mitchell said. The quoted price for a classroom set was roughly $4,355 including shipping, which the administrator said would be the district's purchase…
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