Open the doors to advanced classes to a wide range of students, argues AP social studies teacher Nate Bowling on EdWeek Teacher. “Students of color and low-income students are underrepresented in accelerated courses,” perpetuating inequality, he writes. They “deserve access to rigorous, engaging coursework.” As Washington state’s 2016 State Teacher of the Year, Bowling visited many schools filled with “diverse, energetic, chatty students.” But diversity ends at the classroom

Is this the end of the valedictorian? asks AP’s Carolyn Thompson. Fewer high schools are naming a valedictorian: Some have dozens of honorees on graduation day, while others have stopped using grades to rank students. Reporting class rankings is going out of fashion too. About half of schools no longer report class rank, according to the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Administrators worry about the college prospects of students separated by large differe