Should my child take AP or dual enrollment? What to know about the programs

Dual enrollment has been growing in popularity, with over 2.5 million high schoolers taking at least one dual-credit course ...

Florida pushed back on AP classes. Its first alternative option? Algebra

FACT Algebra is aligned with the entry-level general requirement math class many students take at Florida colleges and ...
Modesto Bee

Do Advanced Placement students think their classes are worth it? Here’s what they say

Hamasa Mashal is a junior at Turlock High School. This year, she is taking five AP classes: precalculus, U.S. history, chemistry, statistics and English language. For her and many other students, ...
The Grand Island Independent

Grand Island Senior High advanced courses give students more than college credit

High school students who take advanced placement and dual credit courses get more than a jump start on college. “It’s invaluable,” said Paul Cloutier, who teaches three AP social studies classes at ...
Forbes

Advanced Placement Classes May Have Been A Fine Idea, But A New Book Explains How They Have Lost Their Way

The College Board’s Advanced Placement courses have become omnipresent in American high schools, supposedly representing a leg up for the college bound, the AP tests a chance for the best and ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Brown doesn’t accept AP exams for credit, but admitted students take them anyway

But Spears wrote in an email to The Herald that he was “upset” when he discovered that Brown did not accept AP courses for ...
Newsweek

School Offering AP Courses for Only Black, Latinx Students Sparks Backlash

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team. She ...
WTXL ABC 27

Lowndes High AP success highlights growth in college readiness across Georgia schools

Students at Lowndes High School excel in math, science, and AP courses, reflecting the impact of higher educational standards ...
KTVZ

These are the hardest AP classes to pass

Teenage students wearing black and white school uniforms with their heads tilted towards papers in front of them. Every May, millions of high school students charge up their graphing calculators, ...
Ames Tribune

Ames High AP science classes struggle to teach students content appropriately

Last year, senior Ritika Tappeta walked into her AP Biology class excited for the year ahead. Instead, she was severely disappointed. By the end of the year, the class had completed three of the eight ...
Los Angeles Times

AP classes at risk of closing at El Rancho High

El Rancho High, a school that emphasizes optimizing academic and career opportunities, has some AP classes with low enrollment and some that are at risk of closing. The school has more than 2,000 ...
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The 10 hardest AP classes to pass in high school, according to data—and no, #1 is not calculus

Every May, millions of high school students charge up their graphing calculators, crank out practice essays, and brush up on topics like participatory democracy and kinematics in preparation for ...