![The AP African-American Studies course has sparked Republican criticism and served as a lightning rod in the debate over parents’ influence in education.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screenshot-2023-02-14-at-12.53.40-PM.png)
Gutting AP African-American studies sets dangerous precedent
Finnegan Courtney ’23, Executive TV Producer
• February 14, 2023
![Students in AP Music Theory during period 4, featured in the middle of a busy day with Mr. Giampietro and Ms. Mascaro. Photograph by Audrey Curtis](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-20-at-2.25.55-PM-807x900.png)
AP Music Theory blends creativity, challenge for musically gifted students
Charlotte Berner ’25 and Audrey Curtis ’25, Staff Writer and Web Features Editor
• September 20, 2022
![In addition to the High School Partnership Program, Norwalk Community college can be a great resource for Staples Students during and after high school. NCC’s library and professors can be accessed by interested students, and the school is one of many local options for post high school education.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screen-Shot-2021-10-11-at-9.00.54-AM-900x439.png)
Norwalk Community College classes provide academic enrichment for Staples students
Aidan Rogers '22, Creative Director
• October 11, 2021
![Implementing B and C-level courses in departments that do not have them would allow struggling students to learn and absorb more information from school and achieve better grades, without having to stumble their way through semesters.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-25-at-6.54.34-PM.png)
Lack of lower-level courses perpetuate competitive community, student struggle
Morgan Han-Lemus ’23, Staff Writer
• May 25, 2021
![The College Board has implemented changes to their registration and cancellation policies regarding the Advanced Placement exams. This renders them the ability to charge students the full price of a normal test.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/B7Ajrp0R53rGSKeksM-C3U4Ad23fzIA3mhZ0uQmXl-zkWJJ-1j6KsaG3R8Ddx7OE6IfwQDqXRqh6Gp9epzPd0q38sZvkAjmbujf22_3nl3Fgl3C1lz3Y9yxRaZGveXVg-PmXyqgP.png)
Changes to Advanced Placement test justifies College Board to charge full price
Marina Engler '21, Staff writer
• November 25, 2020
AP exams persist through pandemic, not in students’ best interest
Marina Engler '21, Staff writer
• May 15, 2020
![Staples juniors have begun to purchase their parking stickers. They are available until they are sold out. Students must put their sticker on their windshield in order to legally park in their assigned spot.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-24-at-7.27.47-AM.png)
Junior parking sales begin
Mia Daignault
• May 24, 2019
![A Staples High School senior works to complete hours of homework. Stanford University researchers identified between 90 and 150 minutes as the “optimal” amount of homework in 2014.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/q5RXF0zwg9wfW_qKcR9msHvqSQ_l1U7-6aZM9H-YX7C9Xn-M79mqFUe8Vf7ZrLGZWCe3TGLytcxaIc_iCRkPxwgltr03yF3DpVtGGxVmPRAXorgOhcDo6X6vjkVtRM7DzAH8oW76-900x675.jpg)
Homework volume does not correlate with rigor
Sophie Driscoll ’19
• January 16, 2019
![College Board cracks down on AP memes](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Screen-Shot-2018-05-21-at-7.38.47-AM-900x553.png)
College Board cracks down on AP memes
May 21, 2018
![Hand completing a multiple choice exam.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/5843577306_06fd6132f7_b.jpg)
Succeeding without advanced placement classes
May 9, 2017
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