I think that you raise an important point. As an English education teacher
educator, I would be very interested in what the AP curriculum guidelines
are. Those guidelines often drive what is taught in the same way that any
standardized curriculum does. Most likely, the teacher is following
national
guidelines set by the AP testers. That is where the change has to begin.
Pace@Norman
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"Chris Nelson" <cnelson@8j.net> wrote:
I would check out the total curriculum for the high school before coming
down too hard on one AP class. Sometimes the "diversity curriculum" is
in another grade level.
Julian Weissglass <weissgla@math.ucsb.edu> wrote:
I went to Open House at my son's high school last night. I met
excellent teachers who are doing a good job. However, as usual, I
found the English curriculum to be severely lacking, even shameful.
In my son's Advanced Placement English course, there is not a single
major work by an author of color or by a women, not even by a US
author! This is shameful..............................
Sincerely,
Julian Weissglass
Director, National Coalition for Equity in Education
email:weissgla@math.ucsb.edu
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