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Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Holmes County Central High School is one of eight rural schools participating in a new, blended learning AP Physics program. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. That’s a sharp increase from the 2002-03 school year, when, according to the U.S. LEXINGTON, Miss.

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Can Online Learning Level the AP Playing Field for Rural Students?

MindShift

A 2015 report found that the lack of AP classes may increase the financial burden on college-bound rural students: Students who don’t take AP classes don’t earn college credit that could enable them to graduate more quickly, and such students are “more likely to pay for additional remedial coursework when beginning college.”.

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

They noted the menu of research reports, graphics and videos, and the “About” page describing the site as a project of a “nonprofit research organization” called the Employment Policies Institute. By and large, according to a report the group published last month, the answer in each case is no.