Advanced Placement

I'm shocked to read and comprehend that New Bedford High School is only 1 of 2 area high schools, and one of fifteen schools statewide involved in the AP Capstone program. Dartmouth High is the other local school. I'm not so appalled that successful completion of AP Capstone provides the student with a Capstone diploma...

More Advanced Placement courses means more college success. That's what New Bedford officials said at the school year's first School Committee Meeting on Monday. Since 2013, New Bedford has been working with the education strategy group, Mass Insight Education, to help increase the number of students taking AP courses and improve AP exam performance...

The Superintendent of Schools is laying out a plan for accelerated improvement in New Bedford schools. Dr. Pia Durkin told the School Committee Monday night, the plan includes principals providing leadership by coaching teachers, and teachers focusing on core instruction and working together...