B.C or B.C.E.?

PositionSTATELINE - Regulations on historical date markers - Brief article

Some say it's an attempt to keep Kentucky education current with changes in educational institutions and college-entrance exams. Others argue it's political correctness run amok, a further attempt to get God out of public schools. The fight is over changing the historical date markers B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini, Latin for "In the year of the Lord") in Kentucky classrooms to B.C.E. (before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era). The state Board of Education voted in...

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