College Board Pushes A.P. Courses and Tests, Even as They Fail Some Students
This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed.
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Why Is the College Board Pushing to Expand Advanced Placement?
BOSTON — For the past two decades, the College Board has moved aggressively to expand the number of high school students taking Advanced Placement courses and tests — in part by pitching the program to low-income students and the schools that serve them. It is a matter of equity, they argue. “What if the best stuff in education were not just for the best to distinguish themselves — but could engage a much broader set of kids?” asked David Coleman, the College Board’s CEO, in a January podcast in
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Confederate statue near Centre College campus removed
A spokesperson for Centre College confirmed the statue of Confederate Captain, Robert D. Logan was taken down Wednesday.
Source: lex18.com
Centre students push for removal of Confederate statue
More than 100 years after it was first erected, the statue of Confederate Captain Robert D. Logan still stands near the campus of Centre College--but this week, it has been covered by a tarp.
Source: lex18.com