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 ...

For schools in countries with national curriculum boards, few realities produce more cognitive dissonance than the fact that the United States lacks a national curriculum. This is especially true in a ...

In the article “Here’s Why More Students Have Passed AP Exams in Recent Years ” (Aug. 2, 2024), the reporter raises an important question: “[The College Board’s scoring adjustments] led some educators ...

In the 1950s, mired in the thick of the Cold War, a small group of educators — all White men at elite institutions — came up with an idea. What if promising high school students could take advanced ...

Students entering the School of Hospitality Administration who offer satisfactory scores in Advanced Placement Examinations may receive units for foundational and elective requirements. If you have ...

On February 1, 2023– the first day of Black History Month – the College Board released the framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a ...

More high-school students are taking Advanced Placement exams than ever—just as questions about their value are growing. At least 20 states now require public universities to award credit for strong ...

For decades, the College Board’s Advanced Placement program — which offers college-level courses to high school students — has been a big feature in the national education debate, providing ...

Some years ago, I was invited to speak at a national convention of high-school teachers of Advanced Placement (AP) psychology courses. AP courses, as you probably know, are high-school courses ...