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 ...

Your daughter aced her freshman biology class and came home announcing she wants to be a biomedical engineer. Meanwhile, your ...

High school students looking to challenge themselves academically and earn college credits early sometimes take Advanced Placement courses. Likewise, the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme ...

GREEN BAY − College is expensive. In the last decade, the cost of four-year public universities has increased by 10%, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. U.S. News and World ...

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 ...

Nearly 100 percent of high schools are offering AP and IB classes or a college dual enrollment program, but recent data from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics ...

High school students enrolled in the International Baccalaureate's Diploma Programme are required to study mathematics as one of six subject groups and must take at least one math course. However, as ...

The Paradise Valley Unified School District is on its way to being the first in the state to offer an internationally recognized curriculum to students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Vista Verde ...

Recent discussions on the size and cost of State College Area’s International Baccalaureate system have brought out staunch defenders of the small but mighty program inside the high school, raising ...

At Minnetonka High School, students take advanced courses to bolster their chances of getting into a selective college or because they hope to get credit for a college class. Others sign up because of ...

When: School District of Lancaster school board meeting, Nov. 7. What happened: More students are taking Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses at J. P. McCaskey High School, and ...