According to an email from the Department of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education will be holding a special meeting where the new and controversial framework of APUSH (Advanced Placement U.S. History) will be discussed.

At the October meeting of the State School Board, it was promised that APUSH would be getting a debate. This appears to be happening with this special meeting being for Monday, December 1st.

I am glad to see Larry Krieger presenting as suggested by Ms. Oxendine. NC teacher Ted Dickerson was involved in the new and controversial APUSH framework and was originally mentioned to debate Krieger by Mr. Ford.  It would appear the College Board is sending in one of their big guns instead – Executive Director, John Williamson.

It is worth noting that on Tuesday, December 2nd, the North Carolina General Assembly’s Joint Education Oversight committee will be hearing APUSH testimony as well.

QUESTION: Why is a special meeting being called? Shouldn’t this discussion be at the regular meeting where public input and discussion happen?  Open and full public debate on this issue should be the goal and using an ’emergency’ meeting here seems sketchy at best.

Text of the special meeting announcement email:

The State Board of Education will hold a called meeting via conference call on Monday, Dec. 1, from 1-2:30 pm to hear presentations on AP US History and North Carolina Founding Principles course content.  The two presenters will be Mr. Larry Krieger, retired teacher and author, and Mr. John Williamson of College Board.

The meeting will be posted on eBoard and will be live audio-streamed through the link at the bottom of the eBoard agenda. (Available at www.ncpublicschools.org by clicking on SBE Meetings in the top right corner of the page.) The call will originate from the Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh, 7th Floor Board Room, and the public can attend and listen to the meeting in that location. 

In addition, the Board will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 3, and Thursday, Dec. 4, also in Raleigh. That agenda and other details about the meeting are posted online in the same location. 

Thanks,

Vanessa W. Jeter, Director
Communication and Information Services
NC Department of Public Instruction
6306 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6306

 919-807-3469 phone
919-807-3481 fax

Related Reading: #APUSH Is Going To Get A Debate In North Carolina