Once again, I am sitting down with a parent to discuss her child's performance in school, specifically my English class. It's a parent-teacher conference day and I have, at this point in my career, ...

If last year’s numbers are any indication, some 3 million students will be taking 5 million Advanced Placement exams this spring. These three-hour exams, offered in May each year, mark the culmination ...

Starting in the 2018-19 school year, Millburn High School students will be able to take certain AP courses without being required to take a test to get into the classes. Students can get into AP ...

Whether it’s fostering collaboration across grade levels, or using College Board tools such as AP Classroom and Pre-AP guidelines, district leaders can implement a number of strategies to improve ...

Bob Baker talks to his Advanced Placement physics students on the first day of class at El Camino High School on Thursday, August 16, 2012. Randy Pench [email protected] High school students are ...

Looking back on high school, some of my best academic memories involve Advanced Placement classes. Over the course of two years I took half a dozen, mostly in English and social studies, and I always ...

Eliminating honors classes in ninth grade isn’t hurting high achievers, and it may be helping other students to succeed at college-acceptance-level courses, a Sequoia Union High School District report ...

Imagine you're a freshman in high school. You love science, but you've never considered yourself a good enough student to do well in Advanced Placement biology. If you take it and succeed, you get ...