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 ...

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 ...

The Advanced Placement program has long provided a stepping stone to college-level work for high school students. But as a growing number of states enact bans or restrictions on teaching about ...

The premise in the Dec. 11 editorial, “How to close the AP test wealth gap” that many “high-schoolers leave the courses with neither a college credit nor, presumably, a firm understanding of ...

It's the most common question college admissions counselors get: Is it better to take a standard or honors class and get an A, or take an AP class and get a B? The answer, of course, is to take an AP ...