At first glance, AP English Language and Composition and AP English Literature and Composition seem closely related. After all, both are designed to mirror college-level English courses and contain ...

If last year’s numbers are any indication, some 3 million students will be taking 5 million Advanced Placement exams this spring. These three-hour exams, offered in May each year, mark the culmination ...

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 ...

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, ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. High school senior Martha Hernandez was born in Baja California, Mexico, and came to the U.S. when she was 10 years old, in fifth grade. She ...

With enrollment in advanced-placement classes in Community High School District 218 having doubled in the last five years, teachers at Eisenhower High School in Blue Island are seizing the first week ...

Every year, students sit in hard plastic seats, sweating over essays analyzing the rise and fall of empires or summarizing the trends of electronegativities to explain atomic attraction. Is this too ...

Financial rewards for teachers and students, plus the latest in technology, has enabled a number of Lake County schools to offer more Advanced Placement courses and to grow their enrollment. A ...

In Carroll High School history teacher Tracie Jensen’s classroom, advanced placement students are asked to think deeply about the background of historical events, not just the details. “Why does this ...

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, ...