Parents, teachers, students, community members and education experts worked together for two years to design Alpha Public Schools’ new charter high school in East San Jose.
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The Goal: Raising AP pass rates for Latinos, blacks
Taking Advanced Placement courses — and passing the end-of course exams — helps students get into selective colleges, earn credits and prepare to succeed. Latino, black, low-income and first-generation students are less likely to earn AP credits — but a Dallas initiative is changing that.
Rich grad, poor grad
The college graduation gap is widening: People raised in high-income families are more than eight times more likely to complete a bachelor’s degree.