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 ...

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 ...

Reflections on how raising expectations and expanding access to advanced coursework can empower all students to excel.

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 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 ...

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Due to incomplete information provided by Polk County Public Schools, an earlier version of this story was incomplete, leaving out Lake Wales High School and Discovery High School. The data show that ...

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 ...

Six Chelmsford High School seniors were honored as Lions Pride/Rotary Students of the Month for September, Principal Stephen ...

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 ...

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, ...