Many U.S. schools still resist challenging all their students

When my wife and I lived in Scarsdale, N.Y., in the 1990s, I was surprised that our son Peter had to take an entrance exam to get into the Advanced Placement U.S. History course at the local public high school. I remembered the five years I spent writing a book about an inner city East Los Angeles school that had great success letting anyone who wanted to work hard have a chance at tackling AP. Read full article >>

















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