Nov 29 2008
High School’s change and its impact on schools
Open the link above to view a story of High School diplomas being awarded using the Internet. We have all heard of the Internet Universities that are becoming very popular because they are cheaper and more accessible to students, but high school? In W. New York we have rising numbers of students who are accessing college level courses via distance learning, while still in high school. Still other students are graduating simultaneously with high school diplomas and 2 years of college credit under their belt.
First set of Implications:
- Cost savings to college education ie. college level courses taught as electives to high school students
- The affect of public trust and tax payer funding of public school eduction versus college investment
- Are all teachers of high school prepared to teach this way? What particular skill sets are involved with this type of instruction?
- Is this type of virtual education one that will be recommended to certain types of students eg. advanced learners and denied others eg. special and alternative education.
- Curriculum course content exposure of high school student versus college student
- Teaching credentials of instructors
- Grade Inflation
- The impact of on-line high schools on discussions like regionalism and consolidation of schools in W. New York
- College level preparedness of students ie. their ability to access high end 4 year colleges as opposed to lower rated 4 year colleges.
No responses yet
Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!)
