The College Board, which owns the influential Advanced Placement program, is adding new fees to AP testing and asking students taking the tests to sign up months earlier. Some college admissions counselors say the changes could hurt them and their students.
The board also is offering new resources for teachers and students to help them do well on AP exams, which can lead to college credit, spokesman Zachary Goldberg said. Those include access to a bank of former AP test questions “to create customized practice tests, unit guides that describe the skills and topics covered in each exam, and detailed dashboards that provide students, parents, and educators with information on student progress,” he wrote in an email. Read More...
Imagine your perfect headshot. The blotches on your face, gone. Dark circles under your eyes? None here. Your hair falls perfectly into place, your smile conveys just the right sentiment, and your threads are sleek and sophisticated.
Let’s say you could get this headshot with a click of a button. But there’s one catch: The photo is not really you, and that moment — the clothes, the hair, the smile — never really happened. Read More...
American Simone Biles has become the most decorated gymnast in history after winning her second gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships.
After helping the United States to a record seventh consecutive team title earlier this week, the 26-year-old won all-around gold in Belgium on Friday.
Her total of 34 world and Olympic medals is more than any other gymnast, male or female.
Biles took gold with a score of 58. Read More...
