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Links and resources related to high school credit flexibility.
Updated on May 21, 11
Created on Dec 07, 09
Category: Schools & Education
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WKYC (Cleveland area NBC affiliate) segment on credit flexibility.
Newark Advocate article on Granville high School credit flexibility initiatives.
Presentation by Eric Calvert and Anne Flick on Credit Flexibility for the Ohio Association for Gifted Children.
Newsweek coverage of efforts in Ohio and other states to experiment with alternatives to the traditional time-based Carnegie unit.
At the end of this month, most of Ohio’s teenagers will shake off their summertime blues, dust off their book bags, and head back to school. But others might be heading to an internship at a local newspaper or hitting the books for independent study. Some might even stay planted in front of the computer screen.
That’s thanks to the state’s new credit flexibility program, which Ohio is launching for the 2010–11 academic year. The plan puts Ohio on the front lines of a transition away from a century-old paradigm of equating classroom time with learning.
Comments from EdWeek blogger Tamara Fisher on a credit flexibility presentation at the 2010 National Association for Gifted Children's annual convention.
An open group on Facebook for sharing and discussing credit flex resources.
Includes template for marching band/PE educational options.
Information about Mason City Schools' plans for credit flexibility.
22 items | 18 visits
Links and resources related to high school credit flexibility.
Updated on May 21, 11
Created on Dec 07, 09
Category: Schools & Education
URL: