ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- An Indiana high school student has become the only person in the world to land a perfect score on an AP calculus exam. Denise White has taught different levels of calculus ...
For decades, high-achieving high school students have been told the surest way to impress selective colleges is to take calculus. In a recent national survey of 133 admissions officers, 74% said the ...
If students aren’t adequately prepared for college-level math courses in high school, it can make completing a college degree more difficult, with some students needing to spend time and money on ...
Sean Cavanagh’s most recent blog entry, “Rush to Calculus?,” about a math professor at Rutgers University who questions the push for students to take calculus in high school struck a chord with me.
The Lone Star State has spent decades striving to expand access to Advanced Placement (AP) math courses, but the results remain underwhelming. A study we recently published at the Thomas B. Fordham ...
Two high school students not only conquered calculus, they pulled off an achievement that can stump college professors. Of the 302,532 students around the world who took the Advanced Placement ...