Time

African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class—And Historians Say It’s More Important Than Ever

On the first day of one of the first AP African American Studies classes ever taught, Marlon Williams-Clark rattled off a list of Black luminaries to see how many his students had heard of. Only one ...
Staten Island Advance

Coronavirus: AP exams will be online, shortened to 45 minutes

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As schools close across the United States due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), Advanced Placement (AP) exams will be held online and shortened to 45 minutes. College Board, which ...
WBUR

For Some Rural Students, Taking More AP Courses Means More Online Learning

Skyleigh D’Ambrosia, 17, loves learning about science. She’s taken pretty much every science class available at her high school in the western Massachusetts town of Athol. "I want to be a doctor when ...
NPR

AP Tests Begin Online And At Home — But Not For Everyone

Starting Monday, Advanced Placement exams, which test high schoolers' knowledge of college material, will take an unusual form. The high-anxiety, college credit tests normally last three hours and are ...