Jeffco School Board Revises Own History, Drops Plans for AP Course Review

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  by: Colorado Pols February 19, 2015 at 3:30 PM MST
Julie Williams of the Jefferson County School Board.

Julie Williams of the Jefferson County School Board.

Well, that sure took them long enough. Perhaps Julie Williams and the rest of the conservative Jeffco School Board finally got around to reading those History textbooks after all. From TPM:

The Jefferson County, Colo. school board has cancelled its review of the controversial new AP U.S. History course framework, more than four months after students initially protested the board's attempts to revise the course.

The board will instead defer any reviews to existing committees comprised of students and parents, CBS Denver reported on Thursday.

This would be the point where we would be tempted to write, "thus ends one controversy." We have a feeling, however, that Williams and fellow board members Ken Witt and John Newkirk are just biding their time before tossing out another right-wing idea that will rile up students, teachers, and parents all over again.

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  1. mamajama55 says:
    February 20, 2015 at 11:59 AM MST

    The conservative Board members' next target will likely be age-appropriate sex-education programs, now part of the "health" curriculum in Jeffco public schools.

    You'd be shocked at what teenagers beleive to be true, absent any science-based education about how their bodies work.

    Julie Williams' Facebook page includes a post about how "Fatherhood begins in the Womb". Awesome. Apparently, she doesn't want teen boys and girls to know how to avoid becoming fathers and mothers while they are still children themselves. 

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