Advanced Placement

East St. Louis instructional coach Tracee Wells taught AVID to Chaya Cary, 16. Cary is studying at Southwestern Illinois College in the fall of 2017. "We don't hear enough about these kinds of stories coming out of East St. Louis," Wells said.

Education

Belleville, East St. Louis add more black and low-income students to advanced classes

Belleville’s two public high schools have doubled the number of low-income students and students of color in advanced placement courses in the coming…

Education

More Illinois students earn Advanced Placement credit

Illinois State Superintendent Tony Smith is touting the state’s 2016 Advanced Placement test results.Illinois ranks 4th in the nation for increasing the…

A person filling in a standardized test bubble sheet with a pencil.

Education

Federal grant will help low-income students take AP tests

Dale Singer

Students from low-income students in Missouri and Illinois will be getting money from Washington to help pay for taking Advanced Placement tests.Under a…

SLPS science teachers Ninfa Matiase, LaJuana Stidmon and Jeremy Resmann practice an experiment Aug. 3, 2016 during training provided by the National Math and Science Initiative.

Education

St. Louis Public Schools receive training, funding to boost AP scores

Two weeks before the new school year, St. Louis Public School teachers Ninfa Matiase, LaJuana Stidmon and Jeremy Resmann cut red agar into squares before…