Comments on: Students and Teachers Get Money for AP Exam Success; The Benefits of Advanced Placement http://www.matthewktabor.com/2007/03/27/students-teachers-ap-exam-benefits/ In Education for the Aughts, Matthew K. Tabor discusses issues in K-12 and higher education. He examines: college, law school & medical school admissions; NCLB & testing; teaching; teacher certification; parent & community relations; school law; school boards; & national education trends. Matthew is an admissions consultant and private educator. He writes out of Cooperstown, New York. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:30:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Are Advanced Placement / AP Courses Important in College Admissions? — Education for the Aughts - American School Issues and Analysis http://www.matthewktabor.com/2007/03/27/students-teachers-ap-exam-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-3646 Are Advanced Placement / AP Courses Important in College Admissions? — Education for the Aughts - American School Issues and Analysis Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:28:33 +0000 http://matthewktabor.com/2007/03/27/students-teachers-ap-exam-benefits/#comment-3646 [...] should take as many AP classes as he can handle in such a way that he masters the curriculum. That’s the value of an AP course; GPA is a secondary consideration at best. Though a GPA should, in theory, be a certification of a [...] [...] should take as many AP classes as he can handle in such a way that he masters the curriculum. That’s the value of an AP course; GPA is a secondary consideration at best. Though a GPA should, in theory, be a certification of a [...]

]]> By: Dr. Linda Barnes http://www.matthewktabor.com/2007/03/27/students-teachers-ap-exam-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Dr. Linda Barnes Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:26:07 +0000 http://matthewktabor.com/2007/03/27/students-teachers-ap-exam-benefits/#comment-14 Splendid article, I couldn't agree more. Having come from the Kansas City Public School System, I see time and again the unwillingness of teachers to be accountable for their teaching practices. AP education is discouraged for fear of failure. I emailed this article to Dr. Jill Shackelford, the superintendent of KCPS, and I eagerly await her response. Splendid article, I couldn’t agree more. Having come from the Kansas City Public School System, I see time and again the unwillingness of teachers to be accountable for their teaching practices. AP education is discouraged for fear of failure. I emailed this article to Dr. Jill Shackelford, the superintendent of KCPS, and I eagerly await her response.

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