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 ...

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 ...

Waco Independent School District’s Advanced Placement program is expanding, and the turnover rate for AP teachers is stable for the first time in recent years. A new focus on the program is allowing ...

Hamasa Mashal is a junior at Turlock High School. This year, she is taking five AP classes: precalculus, U.S. history, chemistry, statistics and English language. For her and many other students, ...

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 ...

For years, researchers have found inequities in students’ access to and participation in advanced coursework, including Advanced Placement courses that can offer students cost-saving college credit in ...

More than 81,000 New Jersey high school students took AP exams last year, recognizing their importance in the college application process. According to statistics from College Board, AP courses are ...

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 ...

Atrayee Bhattacharjee's phone hasn't stopped ringing since she co-founded AP Tutors more than 25 years ago. Bhattacharjee created the Sugar Land-based company in 2000 after tutoring her daughter in ...

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 ...