Why AP and IB schools soar

The Preuss School UCSD, located on the campus of the Univesity of California-San Diego, is the only public school in America that admits only the children of low-income parents who have not graduated from college and requires all of those students to take several Advanced Placement courses before they can get their diplomas. In its latest list of America’s Best High Schools, Newsweek ranks Preuss No. 9. Columnist Jay Mathews looks at the factors that make this school a success in this article from The Washington Post.