Re-thinking AP: Thank Goodness, but will it be enough?
In my own effort to lead a 21st century school, I am finding no issue more difficult than determining the appropriate role of the AP exam and AP exam preparation curriculum.
It cannot be ignored that the AP is an important symbol and signifier to many families of a high caliber academic college prep secondary curriculum, and I can’t simply ignore or override the priority and value current and prospective families may place on an AP program. To its credit, over a period of several decades, the College Board’s AP curriculum did indeed assist valuably in raising the rigor and academic standards of many unfortunately academically mediocre high schools across the nation.
The AP provides a tremendous challenge to many high school students, and I use that term, challenge, in