Sixth graders Zoe and Amoni, right, work together during Kelly Woodfin’s advanced math class in Union Public Schools. The Tulsa-area school district for about a decade has tried to increase enrollment ...

Two schools in Snohomish County have been awarded grants to increase the number of students taking more rigorous courses. Lynnwood High School and Harbour Pointe Middle School were among 46 schools ...

Simply opening up access to honors and advanced courses is not enough to encourage substantial numbers of poor or minority students to take them, a study suggests. Published last month in American ...

Houston Independent School District is overhauling how high school students are enrolled in advanced courses next year, automatically placing those who achieve at grade level into more challenging ...

Enihs Medrano, a senior at Centaurus High, is one of six students of color in her advanced Theory of Knowledge class in the International Baccalaureate program. “I am capable…..I don't need others to ...

This article about SEM schools was produced in partnership with The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. This is part 2 of ...

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