Since 2006, enrollment in advanced math and science courses is up 75%. Like many high school students, Leslie Ota loaded up her course list with Advanced Placement (AP) classes. While studying at ...

If students aren’t adequately prepared for college-level math courses in high school, it can make completing a college degree more difficult, with some students needing to spend time and money on ...

35% of 8th-graders proficient or better in '11 math NAEP 32% of 8th-graders proficient or better in '11 science NAEP Kids taking advances math, science up 75% since '06 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Meg ...

Akron Public Schools is looking to add new advanced courses at three schools to increase academic rigor and access to higher-level courses for more students. Buchtel Community Learning Center's high ...

Encouraging students to take accelerated math classes in 8th grade, based on prior strong performance, increases their chances of scoring a 3 or higher on Advanced Placement math exams in high school, ...

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Florida’s public high schools can offer a new Advanced Placement math course next school year, the Florida Department of Education told the College Board late Wednesday, a delayed decision that had ...

An Illinois high school has reversed course after it appeared to restrict access to certain Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus courses to Black and Latinx students only. Highlighted in a Monday report ...

The Lone Star State has spent decades striving to expand access to Advanced Placement (AP) math courses, but the results remain underwhelming. A study we recently published at the Thomas B. Fordham ...

Imagine it’s a student’s first day of ninth grade in the San Francisco Unified School District in 2012. Let’s call her Veronica. On her schedule is a math class full of other ninth graders repeating ...