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Resnik, Julia – Educational Practice and Theory, 2015
This paper considers why the International Baccalaureate--a prestigious international education program--is currently being incorporated into magnet schools in the United States. Since the mid-1980s, when school choice policy took root the number of magnet schools climbed and a growing number of them incorporated the International Baccalaureate…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Magnet Schools, Board of Education Policy, School Districts
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Klugman, Joshua – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background: Access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses is stratified by class and race. Researchers have identified how schools serving disadvantaged students suffer from various kinds of resource deprivations, concluding that interventions are needed to equalize access to AP courses. On the other hand, the theory of Effectively Maintained…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Equal Education, Intervention, High Schools