Iain Callan, a senior at Washington High School, works out a math problem. Callan has taken several advanced placement courses. Courtesy of the Canon-McMillan School District Ella Neiderer, a 2023 ...
DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...
High school students are more likely to choose honors and other advanced courses in their junior or senior years, but for some students, that might be too late. To ramp up the number of ...
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