Benjamin Dougherty

High School Cybersecurity teacher; amateur mathematician; find me on Mastadon @[email protected] ; lover of science and music

[College Board @CollegeBoard]

Our long-standing partnership with @codeorg (now CodeAI) has expanded access to AP Computer Science Principles for students of all backgrounds. As AI reshapes the workforce, we too believe students need foundational skills and hands-on exposure to the future of work in high school to succeed in an AI-driven workforce. Learn more about CodeAI's renewed commitment to preparing students for the future.

[Trevor Packer @AP_Trevor]

The AP Reading begins today. More than 36,000 educators — AP teachers and college faculty from across the country and around the world — will score the free-response work of millions of students who took AP Exams in May. AP Readers will evaluate more than 25 million essays and free response questions.

Teachers who serve as AP Readers consistently describe it as among the most valuable professional learning experiences of their careers — and I believe them.

The AP Readings take place over the course of a month, with a different group of subjects scored each week. In the span of a week, Readers fine tune their judgement of student work in ways that enhance their classroom practice, gain insight into how students think and write across the country, and learn alongside colleagues who teach the same content in a hundred different ways.

To every Reader — whether this is your first AP Reading or your 20th — thank you. The students whose work lands on your table are fortunate to have someone who cares this much.

The work you do this week matters more than you know.

[AP for Students @APforStudents]

Right now, more than 36,000 expert educators are reading AP Exams.

Here's how it works: after you take your AP Exam, trained educators score free-response questions — by hand, carefully, consistently. Every response gets real human attention.

That means the score you get later this summer? It's been read, reviewed, and scored with care.

You put in the work. Now it's our turn. Scores drop in a few weeks. Stay tuned.

[College Board @CollegeBoard]

Starting in the 2026-2027 school year, College Board will launch AP Cybersecurity as part of a new set of Advanced Placement® (AP®) Career Kickstart courses.

Read about our partnership with @Cisco made the course possible: https://t.co/JyOAdvb7xx

[Matt Lieberman @social_brains]

I signed it. The data are clear. Standardized tests are the best predictor of college success and the least biased indicator we have. Getting rid of them was incredibly foolish.

[Benjamin Dougherty @BenDougherty]

First AP Cybersecurity reading! #epic

[Dane Brown @DrBHacking]

History in the making!

I've arrived in Louisville to score the very first #AP #Cybersecurity exam!

Pinch me.

[Benjamin Dougherty @BenDougherty]

@DiamondEyesFox ⬆️ 💯

[Benjamin Dougherty @BenDougherty]

@SamoBurja Because independent of his position as The Supreme Pontiff, he is an intellectual. Full stop.

[Dane Brown @DrBHacking]

I happen to know this is a good one 😉

[Dane Brown @DrBHacking]

I love this post. A great analogy for students -even high performers- not understanding the value of their education.
They learned successful study habits, overcoming adversity, dealing with complexity, and logical problem solving under pressure.

Complete waste of time. 🙄

[Julian ☽ @julianblacks_]

This is going to be long.

Last semester I suspected I had a major issue with use of AI in my survey courses, so I inserted what is known as a trojan horse (not the virus kind) into the directions of a paper assignment. As it turned out, I did in fact have a major problem, and a post on Threads about it accidentally went quasi-viral and ultimately became a Huffington Post article and an NPR interview. (Links at the end)

[Benjamin Dougherty @BenDougherty]

@WeAreChaminade Really something to see them playing hacky sack in the same places we did 30 years ago!

[Benjamin Dougherty @BenDougherty]

This is one of the reasons I go to my local bookstore almost every week. @JosephBethCincy Grateful to have a fantastic local bookstore!

[Observer & Review @Obs_Rev]

There must be a meaningful alternative to Amazon. The consequences of a virtual monopoly over information are predictable, and have been central to every warning against political tyranny for decades. At the very least, we owe it to the maintenance of civil society.

[A.V. Marraccini @saintsoftness]

I'm sorry I'm depressed, I just did NOT bet on the total American collapse of respect for all humane and humanistic knowledge and literacy in my lifetime. Retrospectively, I should have, but I was under the naive impression people cared more. Even here. I know, I know.

[Trevor Packer @AP_Trevor]

As AP Exams begin, I want to take a moment to recognize the teachers and coordinators who have opened these doors for students.

Because of the ways you’ve planned, taught, coached, encouraged, inspired, and removed barriers, minds and hearts are just not the same as they were nine months ago.
And that’s of course far more important than what happens these next few weeks.

But I also remain in awe of the ways you’ve invoked the standards of the AP exam, throughout the year, to help students make good choices, to keep going, to try again when at first they don’t grasp a concept or demonstrate a skill, to devote the extra time and attention that learning requires. You are a force.

Wishing you all the best, during these two big weeks and in your summer to come.

[Benjamin Dougherty @BenDougherty]

@Babsnosai

[coleman spilde @colemanjspilde]

wrote about ‘the devil wears prada 2,’ how the first film spurred my writing career only for its sequel to witness my industry’s collapse, and the bold cinematic statements we need now. in many ways, my life has led to this piece. i’d love it if you read. https://t.co/zlIH1wAo7w

[Benjamin Dougherty @BenDougherty]

@Parkerlawyer

[Benjamin Dougherty @BenDougherty]

@OnHerTurf @NBCSports @Chevron_Golf @LPGA 💯 I want those arms! 😂