we'll have that debate with jim grossman from the historical association, and ian from the national review, and take you inside with an educator that helped to write the history framework. it's "inside story". >>> advance placement quarters are much sought after by students, schoolboards offering a serious curriculum. calculus, chemistry - no chemistry. hard sciences are light on terms, and heavy on the notion that there's one right answer. advance placement american history, that's a political punching bag. the recent reformulation of curriculum and standards has legislators and school boards gunning for new standard. the complaint, that it is too heavily weighted against the u.s. the portrait emerging is a racist society, rather than one that is a beacon of liberty to the world. the oklahoma legislator was moving to get rid of history. it was said: late this week - short of cutting a.p. history, but looking for ways to require new readings in the curriculum to balance critical voices. other states debated the new a.p. standards. schoolboard and educators want emphasis on exceptionalism t