Common Core US History standards attacked in SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Opponents of Common Core standards are telling South Carolina education officials that the new standards for Advanced Placement U.S. History are anti-American.

The (Columbia) State reports (http://bit.ly/1scAFnn ) that opponents of the standards will bring their complaints to the state Education Oversight Committee on Monday.

The opponents say the American History guidelines don’t mention battlefield heroes, founding fathers or civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr.

But Richland Northeast High School history teacher Sue Baumann says the guidelines are only a broad overview. She says any competent history teacher would include King and the other topics.

The opponents want the old guidelines restored, and if they aren’t, they want the state to stop buying the Advanced Placement tests, which give high school students college credit for the course.

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Information from: The State, http://www.thestate.com