Dante A. Ciampaglia

Dante A. Ciampaglia is the editor of The Elective, the College Board's education magazine

55 Articles

female teacher stands in front of a class and gestures as she teaches a lesson

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News

The Necessary Work of Developing AP African American Studies

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grid of six images, two by three, of women programmers, the grid against a background of a computer punchcard

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Interview

Forgotten Pioneers of the Digital Revolution

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young black man in a hoodie pulled up over his head smiles as he works on a math problem using a pen, paper, and calculator

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Interview

STEM Access Blooms in Mississippi

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Female high school student wearing a hard hat and plastic face shield using a grinder on a car wheel, creating sparks

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Interview

A Career Education Paradigm in Massachusetts

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closeup of a silver keyboard with a blue button that reads “survey” with a check mark between the A and D keys

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News

Take the Elective Reader Survey!

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Headshot photo of Teanna Williams smiling in a graduation cap and gown against a green background

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Profile

Discovering Her Purpose—and Defying Old Stigmas—in Research

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High angle view of multigenerational family enjoying meal outdoors

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Interview

A Digital Celebration of Black Food and Community

  • 12 Min Read
overhead view on four young woman preparing together concepts for climate protection on desk indoors

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News

Climate Change in the Classroom

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Mary Coombs stands in front of a recreated EDSAC computer

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Profile

A Pioneer of Commercial Computing

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Black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk in front of a computer

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Feature

10 Black Computer Science Pioneers Everyone Needs to Know

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Woman in a suit holds a clipboard while standing in a white room full of circuits and and a large control board

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Annie J. Easley

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Photo of Clarence Skip Ellis smiling while holding a small yellow box

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Clarence "Skip" Ellis

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Black and white headshot photo of Evelyn Boyd Granville

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Evelyn Boyd Granville

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Black and white headshot photo of Frank Greene

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Frank S. Greene

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Headshot photo of a smiling Gladys West

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Gladys West

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Man in a red shirt smiles and gestures while he speaks while seated at a table

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: John Henry Thompson

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Photo of Marian Croak, in a pink shirt against a blue background, speaking to someone off frame

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Marian R. Croak

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Headshot photo of Mark Dean

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Mark Dean

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Photo of Rediet Abebe smiling against a striped background

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Rediet Abebe

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Black and white photo of Roy Clay

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Profile

Pioneers in Computer Science: Roy L. Clay Sr.

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cover of the book system error

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Interview

Patching the Technology of Democracy

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Shot of a businesswoman giving a presentation to her colleagues on a whiteboard in a boardroom

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News

Introducing the College Board Foundation

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Zaila Avant-Garde smiling while holding her national spelling bee trophy

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News

Zalia Avant-garde Makes Spelling Bee History

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Farmer Woman Using Digital Tablet With Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Analyzing Plant Disease in Corn Agriculture Fields. Technology Smart Farming and Innovation Agricultural Concepts.

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Interview

The Next Agricultural Revolution

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Ruthe Farmer holds her arm and hand up while speaking at a dias

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Interview

The Computer Science Evangelist

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A young woman holding notebooks and folders in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other smiles while standing on a college campus

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News

A Broader View of College Readiness

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Three high school students, two male and one female, look at a model wind turbine and take notes

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News

The Case for Project-Based Learning

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a black male college student sitting at a desk cluttered with books in a darkened library

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Extra Credit

What College Students Are Reading in 2021

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Two young women, all wearing masks, work at laptop computers while a third woman, also masked, points at a computer screen as she assists one of the others.

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News

Reprogramming Computer Science Education

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Cover of the book Math Without Numbers

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Interview

The Shape of Donuts, the Universe, and Everything

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the cover of why did i get a b against a dusty green chalkboard

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Interview

Teachers Aren’t Supposed to Talk Like That—Are They?

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graphic with the words how we go home in an orange box with a closeup of signposts on the right

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Interview

Decolonizing the Curriculum

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someone holds a smartphone with a news app open

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Interview

Fake News Is Real! (And What to Do About It)

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Photo of three young Native American women of various ages, smiling while wearing traditional Navajo dress

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Handbook

Indigenous Peoples Day Resources for Every Classroom

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A Native American woman in a colorful headdress looks left during a celebration

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News

Why We Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day

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a group of young black men work on a boat for their rowing team

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Interview

America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team Found Salvation on the Water

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photo of space shuttle atlantis blasting off

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Interview

Guiding the Space Shuttle—and the Trajectory of Space Exploration

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cover of the book broad band

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Interview

The Secret History of Women in Tech

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screenshot of teacher jenifer hitchcock

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Interview

AP Teacher Q&A: Jenifer Hitchcock, AP Government and Politics

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grid of five icons on different color backgrounds representing five ap courses

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Extra Credit

Build Your Own Summer School with These Five AP Playlists

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split-screen screenshot featuring teachers Virge Cornelius on the left and Mark Kiraly on the right

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Interview

AP Teacher Q&A: Virge Cornelius and Mark Kiraly, AP Calculus AB

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screenshot of ap us history teacher scott horton

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Interview

AP Teacher Q&A: Scott Horton, AP U.S. History

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screenshot of ap physics teacher joshua beck

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Interview

AP Teacher Q&A: Joshua Beck, AP Physics 1

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black and white head shot of lin-manuel miranda on a blue and white background

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News

Lin-Manuel Miranda Takes AP Students Into Room Where It Happens

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close up on a young woman studying in front of an open laptop computer

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Handbook

Five AP Classes to Get You Through Quarantine

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young woman wearing a hoodies reacts with surprise as her mother sits smiling on the right side of the image

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News

Opportunity Knocks for 25 High School Seniors

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the cover of the book pencils you should know on a lavendar background surrounded by pencils in different colors

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Interview

Sharpening Our Pencil History, From Yellow to No. 2

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four girl scouts stand in front of a portrait of frederick douglass at the national portrait gallery

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Handbook

Five Great Virtual Field Trips for Students, Educators, and Families

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a research associate at the university of texas holds a syringe in one hand and a test tube in another while working on researching coronavirus treatment

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News

Universities Race to Develop Coronavirus Treatments

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an image of a hello my name is name tag sticker with the elective written on it

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News

Welcome to The Elective

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cover of the book coders by clive thompson featuring a yellow book jacket with the title in red at the top and a stylized green and white pixelation of earth at the bottom

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Interview

Decoding America’s Operating System

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detail of cover of michael powell's book canyon dreams, featuring an old basketball hoop

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Interview

Hopes, Hoops, and Dreams on the Navajo Nation

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an older man with a long beard and wearing sunglasses smiles as he takes a selfie with his smartphone

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News

Ciao, Influencer—Arrivederci, Money

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a female teenage high school student smiles and shows her smartphone to a friend sitting behind her in class

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Extra Credit

Don't Sleep On This Gen Z Slang Dictionary

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a group of male and female high school students stand on a stage reading from scripts as they rehearse for a play

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Extra Credit

The Most Popular High School Musical in the Country Is Creepy, Kooky

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