Participation rates for Advanced Placement science exams —specifically physics and computer science—have risen sharply over the last year, according to data released Sept. 3 by the College Board. The ...

Participation rates for Advanced Placement science exams—specifically physics and computer science—have risen sharply over the last year, according to data released last week by the College Board. The ...

When it comes to introducing more city girls to their inner techie, the Department of Education is starting to crack a complex code. Thanks to the DOE’s campaign to pivot more female students toward ...

The College Board's Advanced Placement Program said Thursday that it plans to add a new computer-science program to its class offerings, the first new test in seven years. The move reflects a growing ...

During the past week, tech and education writers have been talking about data showing that the gender gap in the tech world is evident even in high school. They cite Barbara Ericson, director of ...

Two North Allegheny High School students earned rare perfect scores on their 2021 Advanced Placement tests, both in computer science courses. Kamya Rajesh, a sophomore, received a perfect score on the ...

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology had FIVE students with perfect scores in Computer Science A (AP CSA) in 2017, the most for any school in a single STEM subject. Not only did ...

In 2019, the creators of the Principles course announced plans to modify several aspects of the class, incorporating feedback from K-12 and higher education professionals to improve and update the ...

Ten years ago, girls were so scarce in high school computer science classes that the number of female students taking Advanced Placement tests in that subject could be counted on one hand in nine ...

Educators were cheering over newly released results from the College Board showing significant increases in the number of females, Latino and African-American students who took either the Advanced ...