The College Board over the last few years has bet on two new courses to boost participation of underrepresented students in the Advanced Placement program: AP African American Studies and AP ...

Advanced Placement courses can save college-going students time and thousands of dollars in credits, but the opportunity to take college-level coursework varies widely in Alabama. A total of 285 ...

Taking Advanced Placement classes can help you challenge yourself, get ahead and earn college credit while still in high school. Selecting the right AP courses can also boost your exam success and ...

Discover the 10 toughest AP exams by pass rate, revealing challenges and surprises for high school students striving for college credit. Every May, millions of high school students charge up their ...

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 ...

Advanced Placement (AP) classes offer high school students an invaluable opportunity to challenge themselves academically while reaping benefits that extend well into their college careers. By ...

It is no secret that college admissions have only become more and more competitive over the last 50 years. The number of students applying to college has increased, while the number of spots at ...

Advanced Placement exams are scored on a scale from one to five, with five being the highest possible score. A score of three and above is widely considered as “passing” the exam, while anything below ...

The Georgia school superintendent announced Wednesday that he will add Advanced Placement African American Studies to the course catalog, enabling it to receive state funding, after declining to ...

In Braun's AP calculus class, 75 percent of his students' test scores last year were high enough to earn them college credit. Statewide, last year more than 22,600 students took AP exams. Nearly 68 ...

My joy and relief of finally being able to pay for my long-awaited lunch before my next stretch of afternoon classes was extinguished with embarrassment. The cashier’s words made my face grow hot, and ...

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, ...