SANTA FE, NM— The Daniels Fund, started by cable television pioneer Bill Daniels to provide educational grants and scholarships in select western states, has awarded $75,000 to the Advanced Placement Initiative to expand the impact of Advanced Placement on student achievement in New
Mexico. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are college-level courses that students can take in high schooland for which they can earn college credit college at most post-secondary institutions in the United States—saving them time and money in college.

The March 8 edition of Newsweek has a helpful analysis of the recent working paper that shows students who receive incentives for passing AP courses not only earn better GPA's, they are more likely to earn their degrees - and the effects are more pronounced among minorities.

Here is an article from EdWeek with some timely information about STEM funding:

Many programs in the America COMPETES Act never got any money.

DANBURY -- Despite public objections from the teachers' union, the city school board has approved a new program for Danbury High School called Project Opening Doors, which works to increase the number of students taking high level courses.

MONTGOMERY – Smiths Station High School is one of the 20 additional high schools selected to participate in a statewide initiative to increase the number of students prepared to take Advanced Placement courses in math, science and English.

MONTGOMERY — Three Gadsden-area schools will participate in a statewide plan next school year to increase the number of students taking Advanced Placement math, science and English courses, Gov. Bob Riley announced Wednesday.