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    How to Teach US History to Our High School Kids

    Conservatives and liberals may never agree about the details of American history, but there's only one College Board. Now conservatives have forced a change in advanced placement standards for high school students. Has a "balance" finally been achieved?

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 6, 2015 • 51m Listen

    Conservatives and liberals may never agree about the details of American history, but there's only one College Board. Now conservatives have forced a change in advanced placement standards for high school students. Has a "balance" finally been achieved?

    Also, Japan is set to reactivate its nuclear reactors next week. On today's Talking Point: how political enemies Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley changed network news coverage…for better or worse.

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