Colorado students protest proposed changes to AP history courses
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The Koch brothers are getting involved in a local school board election in Colorado — where voters are considering whether to oust conservatives who replaced Advanced Placement history books with patriotic propaganda.

Thousands of students walked out last year to protest changes to the history curriculum — which school board members say shifted the focus toward patriotism and away from “civil disorder” and “social strife” — setting the stage for the Nov. 3 recall election, reported the New York Times.

Americans for Prosperity, the pro-business activist group funded by billionaires Charles and David Koch, is paying for commercials and fliers backing the school board’s conservative majority — while angry parents, teachers and labor unions are calling for the three board members’ removal.

Recall backers have raised more than $250,000, including about $15,000 from the local teachers’ union, while conservative and libertarian groups have already spent about $500,000 on TV ads alone […]