Should my child take AP or dual enrollment? What to know about the programs

Dual enrollment has been growing in popularity, with over 2.5 million high schoolers taking at least one dual-credit course ...
Education Week

College Board Leader Discusses Controversy Over AP Courses

The College Board has been in the headlines repeatedly over the last year. The nonprofit’s Advanced Placement courses—which look good on college applications and offer students a chance to score ...
Newsweek

School Offering AP Courses for Only Black, Latinx Students Sparks Backlash

An Advanced Placement Calculus course definition at an Illinois High School is eliciting accusations of segregation. The discussion of race in the classroom has divided many across the nation, with ...
The Oakland Press

More students taking Advanced Placement exams since 2018

More public high school students are taking Advanced Placement courses and exams than at any time since 2018. The number of Michigan students taking Advanced Placement (AP) classes in 2023 increased ...
Los Angeles Times

AP vs. college classes– Are they worth it?

Many people often think that by taking Advanced Placement (AP) classes that they might get ahead in college, get credit, or may look better to colleges. Often times, that is not the case. AP courses ...
Sun Sentinel

AP Investigation: Training failures can lead police to deadly use of common handcuffing tactic

Yet AP found instructors at several state-certified training centers continue to teach — wrongly — that holding someone facedown doesn’t cause death by what’s known as positional asphyxia, which ...