Oklahoma lawmakers vote to ban AP U.S. history
Students rejoice? A committee of the Oklahoma state legislature has voted to ban Advanced Placement U.S. history, Think Progress reports, because it only teaches "what is bad about American history."
[State Rep. Dan] Fisher said the Advanced Placement history class fails to teach "American exceptionalism." The bill passed the Oklahoma House Education committee on Monday on a vote of 11-4. [Think Progress]
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