Do you know whether completing AP courses is helping your students get into their top-choice colleges? Is there such a thing as too many AP courses?

The Department of Education aims to measure whether a college program's graduates out-earn high school graduates in the same state. Many "at-risk" programs can still be improved.

That does not mean teaching five-year-olds to write algorithms or use generative AI tools. But it does mean introducing age-appropriate concepts that build over time, much like math, reading or science.

The daily demands of de-escalation, high-needs instruction and complex behavioral intervention can feel isolating. Over time, that can contribute to burnout, turnover and disrupting the consistency students rely on.