Over the past decade, online high schools have moved from the margins to the mainstream of American education. Families ...

Terra Linda senior Alex Sydell shuffled into his mathematics class at 7 a.m. last Friday, dropped his black backpack on the floor and slouched into a chair. The sky was still pitch black through the ...

“It’d be like if you took everyone in CS 106A, put them in 106B or X and told them, ‘Have fun, some Java is necessary, but we’re Stanford so we expect you to know that already,” C.J. told me Sunday ...

A computer-based course in Advanced Placement Calculus AB, developed at the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, was completed by 13 gifted students in ...

Stanford University is launching a new advanced program within its Stanford Online High School, called Stanford Pre-Collegiate University-Level Online Immersive. Its first "Immersive" online course ...

Kenan Hasanaliyev is a standout student at Triangle Math and Science Academy. In sixth grade, he was piling up math credits, placing him three grades ahead. He didn't stop there. He mastered AP ...

Last year, the Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Office changed its high school math curriculum recommendations for prospective applicants, emphasizing conceptual math courses such as algebra and ...

Stanford University announced on Wednesday that it would increase its need-based financial aid by 15.2 percent, to $76-million annually, in an effort to help students from middle-income families. The ...

Tanis Priddle displayed an early aptitude for math, excelling in elementary and middle school. Priddle's talent led her to take advanced calculus in high school and later pursue aerospace engineering ...