Topic: Advanced Coursework

VIDEO: Shut Out: Why Black and Latino Students Are Under Enrolled in AP STEM Courses

video April 20, 2022 by EdTrust

Although many Black and Latino students aspire to go to college and are interested in STEM subjects, very few are actually enrolled in AP STEM courses that would prepare them for college and a STEM career

Advanced Coursework Equity Act is a Big Opportunity for Students of Color to Access Advanced Courses

article-cropped August 13, 2020 by Courtney Bollig, Kayla Patrick

Our national attention span is currently functioning like a TV that switches between several anxiety-inducing channels. On one channel: Schools are struggling to make the right decisions about reopening. Click:…

Recognizing Teachers Who Teach Advanced Coursework

article-cropped May 04, 2020 by Letisha Marrero

APUSH: That’s the sardonic acronym that students in our neighborhood high school call Advanced Placement United States History. To most ninth graders — including my child — the class is…

Advanced Coursework in Your State

January 09, 2020 by EdTrust

The data in this tool examines whether Black and Latino students are fairly represented in advanced courses, in each…

Inequities in Advanced Coursework

files video January 09, 2020 by Kayla Patrick, Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D., Ivy Morgan

Black and Latino students across the country experience inequitable access to advanced coursework opportunities. They are locked out of…

Black and Latino Students Shut Out of Advanced Coursework Opportunities

newspaper January 09, 2020 by EdTrust

Ed Trust Identifies the Barriers That Keep Black and Latino Students Unequally Represented in Advanced Coursework WASHINGTON – Black and Latino students across the country have unequal access to advanced…

Getting To & Through College: The Benefits of Taking Advanced Coursework

article-cropped January 08, 2020 by Gabriela Montell

Colleges are the pipeline to good jobs and the middle class, yet for many students of color and students from low-income backgrounds, a higher education degree remains out of reach.…

5 Things to Advance Equity in Access to and Success in Advanced Coursework

compass December 09, 2019 by EdTrust

Use data to identify the barriers that prevent students of color and students from low-income families from enrolling in…

6 Ways to Make Dual Enrollment Programs Equitable

article-cropped May 23, 2019 by Kayla Patrick

Dual enrollment programs — which are partnerships between school districts and institutions of higher education that allow high school students to enroll in college courses and earn college credit —…