Totally agree@turtle17, AP courses may not be perfect, but they are the best public school kids have in a deeply flawed education system. As long as CC and flagships will consider APs for placement and credit, it’s the only way to pursue a meaningful degree if you’re not in top 10% income. Just, how does the author expect a public school student major in engineering, for example, if they can’t even take AP Calc BC, AP Physics and AP Chem-yes, I know, they can go to college spend 10, 000 , take Calc , Chem 101, etc, maybe even do badly in them and one year down the road and 10, 000 in debt change major intent, or drop altogether.