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 ...

Choosing high school courses can feel high-stakes—and for good reason. According to a survey from the National Association for College Admission Counseling, nearly 87% of colleges believe curriculum ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, high-achieving high school students have been told the surest way to impress selective colleges is to take calculus.

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 ...

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 ...

As standardized testing advances from all directions, teachers and administrators face a momentous choice: Are we mainly concerned with educating our students, or with ranking them? Recent news ...

BRAINTREE - Did you like doing math in school? Many people didn't. But a non-profit in Massachusetts is increasing the number of students of color and low-income students in advanced level math ...