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Thursday, September 8, 2005
Saturdays with AP
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Would you or your kid like to take an AP course that meets on Saturdays? The Philadelphia school district is planning to offer some, reports Education Week, a publication I and other edugeeks read.
It’s interesting because Saturday school programs are usually for remedial kids. It seems this would be a way to give kids with crammed schedules or other barriers during the week a chance to take more AP courses. The district is trying to more than triple the number of kids in AP and honors courses by 2008. CEO Paul Vallas says he wants Philly’s enrichment programs to match those in the suburbs.
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