Conscientious high school students have a lot to consider: grade-point average, extracurricular activities and the rigor of classes. Many students have turned to Advanced Placement courses to ...
Dear Extra Credit: There has been one oversight in almost all the letters I've read concerning the debate over honors vs. Advanced Placement in Fairfax County. Rarely mentioned is that AP classes are ...
South Side High School in Rockville Centre pushed inclusion a step further this school year, requiring all 11th-graders to take the toughest literature course offered -- no matter what their academic ...
Hunting for the best education for her three young children, Traci Pietra fretted about low test scores at her Arlington neighborhood school. Then the principal told her about Randolph Elementary's ...
It’s been years in the making, and in just two short weeks the 10 students in Pueblo West High School’s first International Baccalaureate class will graduate. Although the students won’t learn until ...
Branden Levine started high school wanting to be a doctor, then considered engineering. Now, the newly graduated Homewood-Flossmoor High School alum has his sights set on a career in finance. He heads ...
Everyone at Northwestern is a nerd, but when I meet fellow Wildcats who completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, I nerd out especially hard. We discuss our extended essays topics, ...