Equal Opportunity Schools is excited to welcome Antonio “AJ” Gutierrez as our new Chief Executive Officer. Gutierrez brings 14 years of leadership in education nonprofits, including a decade as Chief Policy & Public Affairs Officer at Saga Education, a national …
Advanced Placement (AP) courses are undeniably rigorous, as they expose high school students to college-level curriculum, testing, and the study habits needed for success. Many prospective and first-time AP students doubt their ability to take on this challenge. This especially …
Porsha Denson wears many hats at South Gwinnett High School in Georgia’s Gwinnett County Public Schools: Assistant Principal, AP/Gifted Coordinator, 12th Grade Administrator and Math Administrator. Now, she can add EOS Opportunity Champion to her list of titles. Denson is …
“Someone came in to school [and] talked with us about AP classes. She showed me the apple on my profile…[where] a teacher said they thought I could take it [an AP class]…that was the point where I was like, ‘If …
“I’m glad I took an AP class because I got to meet new people from different countries.” As a 10th grader, Catalina had primarily only heard negative things about Advanced Placement (AP) courses at this Chicagoland high school. Even with …
“I discipline myself to work hard no matter what academic obstacle comes my way. I had little to no education freshman year, if anything it was poor since there was no money to ship books and materials to me, and …
AP is a lot of work, but it does help you in a lot of ways too — you feel safe, you feel much safer for your future, you feel more comfortable knowing that if you do this and you …
“I am a very good student with a lot of potential.” As an incoming 10th grader, Dora was concerned that her courses weren’t challenging and was interested in taking upper-level courses. She carried a 2.89 GPA, but she didn’t believe …
“At the time, I played football and one of the guys [on the AP student panel], played football too. I looked up to [and] knew he wouldn’t lead me in the wrong direction. So, I told myself, ‘You know what, …