Advanced Placement courses have long been considered the go-to option for U.S. high schoolers who desire more challenging work than what's offered in the standard curriculum. But students may have ...

My daughter switched from a traditional education to an International Baccalaureate (IB) program. The IB system focuses on skill mastery over rote memorization and allows for student-led learning. My ...

All undergraduate students can no longer use Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate credit to advance their enrollment priority, a UCLA official announced Monday. Enrollment priority will ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...