UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined the mayor and the schools chancellor on Jan. 17 to announce that a record number of New York City public school students took and passed Advanced Placement exams in the prior school year. “When schools receive the attention and supports they need, the positive results should come as no surprise,” Mulgrew said at the press conference to make the announcement at the Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria, Queens. “Today’s AP test results show that New York City public schools are moving in the right direction.” AP for All, part of Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Fariña’s Equity and Excellence for All agenda, led to nearly 45,000 students taking at least one AP exam during the 2015–16 school year, up 8.4 percent from the year before. The number of students passing at least one AP exam increased by 8.2 percent.