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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]STA caves to the parents. Can't say I am surprised.[/quote]

I am happy STA offers AP classes. I took several in highschool and it was helpful to be able to get those credits in college and lighten my course load in college a few semesters plus the classes were interesting. [/quote]

My private had zero classes which were labelled "AP" but offered in-school AP exams for every course.  Even though our courses were not labeled "AP" and did not strictly follow the official "AP" curriculum, students routinely received 4s and 5s on the AP exames.

I see no particular value in any good private [b]limiting their class to the official "AP" curriculum.[/b]  A good school with good students ought to be able to teach a broader curriculum which better educated students, while still enabling the student to take the applicable AP exam at their own school.

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You misunderstand what AP classes are. There are other threads on this you can search. The bolded is misinformed marketing bunk.[/quote]

No small amount of irony if you’re  defending AP classes using the phrase “marketing bunk”[/quote]

Fair enough, but you should actually look at the wide variety of ways in which teachers can and do approach the AP material, the depth and breadth covered, and the critical thinking and analysis required on the exams. If someone told you there is one official AP curriculum, they lied. Some school districts will limit their teachers to the District's AP curriculum for equity across schools or because they only want to pay to have one approved and everyone uses it, but that doesn't apply to teachers elsewhere.[/quote]

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