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 ...
Students like that taking AP courses saves them money and lets them earn college credit in high school. Hamasa Mashal is a junior at Turlock High School. This year, she is taking five AP classes: ...
December 29, 2025 - Betty Reid Soskin was the nation’s oldest national park ranger. She passed away on Dec. 21 at 104 years old. To honor her, we bring you an episode from 2021, about how a California ...
TIM TOOTEN TOOTEN HAS THE STORY. THE AP COURSE OFFERING BECAME OFFICIAL FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY MORNING’S COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING DESIGNED TO OFFER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AN EVIDENCE BASED ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with three educators who are currently teaching the new AP course on African-American studies. This month the College Board unveiled a revised curriculum for its first-ever ...
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 ...
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A decade’s worth of preparation is coming to fruition with the College Board’s recent announcement to pilot an Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course nationwide. ...
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Educators and politicians are reacting to last week's decision from the Florida Department of Education and Gov. Ron DeSantis to block a new Advanced Placement course on African ...
ATLANTA — Georgia's largest school district announced Tuesday that it won't teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, saying the state Department of Education's refusal to ...
The state of Florida “effectively banned” a second Advanced Placement course as noncompliant with its newly enacted standards, this time barring hundreds of districts from offering a psychology class ...
STUDENTS IN FLORIDA RELY ON COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES TO REACH SOME OF THEIR LIFE GOALS, BUT A NEW BILL IS PUTTING THOSE CLASSES IN LIMBO. STATE LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING TO CUT FUNDING FOR AP DUAL ...
This month the College Board unveiled a revised curriculum for its first-ever Advanced Placement course in African American studies. The changes were controversial, coming in the wake of Florida ...