Quick Hits (5.7.12)

Maintaining the AP standard. Many more high school students (see: 2 million) are taking Advanced Placement exams, which begin today, but many more are also failing. “At many schools, virtually no students pass.” (Associated Press)

When climate change becomes a classroom debate. The Common Core State Standards will require teachers to teach climate change, although some of their students—and parents–don’t buy into it. Here’s how some educators are approaching it. (PBS NewsHour)

‘Government-funded tuition.’ Fawn Johnson debates the true “heart of the problem” in today’s student loan interest rate debate: Rising tuition costs. But how do we deal with them? (National Journal)

Millennial teenagers. Today’s teens are the first generation to have no recollection of life before the Internet. A fun infographic shows what their daily lives are like. (Onlineschools.com)