A high school senior in Colorado Springs is accomplishing much more than the average traditional student. He’s completed his first two years of college for free before graduating high school. He owes his academic success to his charter school that’s paid for his college tuition. He hopes his achievement encourages other students to get involved. Nathan […]
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People Magazine: Student Graduates From College Two Weeks Before High School Graduation: “I Didn’t Want to Waste Any Time.” When Raven Osborne was in third grade, her teacher told her that the classwork was too hard for her and she wasn’t an A student. Well, Osborne certainly proved that teacher wrong. The 18-year-old just picked […]
Indiana Teen Graduates from College before getting high school diploma I graduate from college on May 5,” she told CBS News’ Jericka Duncan.But when does she graduate from high school? May 22. Yes, it’s true; Raven gets her college degree two weeks before her high school diploma. “When people hear that … they’re going, ‘What? […]
Janet Nace, principal of Pikes Peak Prep in Colorado Springs, starts her day at 6:30 a.m. But she isn’t just rolling out of bed at that time — the school is already bustling with students. At PPP, a K-12 public charter school with 319 students enrolled for the 2016-17 school year, students play educational games, […]
A plan for new management at an otherwise doomed Baton Rouge charter school won easy approval Tuesday from the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.The school that was in jeopardy, Baton Rouge Charter Academy at Mid City, appeared done in December when BESE voted to close the school amid dismal student performance.The school, which […]
BY WILL SENTELL | wsentell@theadvocate.com A plan for new management at an otherwise doomed Baton Rouge charter school won easy approval Tuesday from the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.The school in jeopardy, Baton Rouge Charter Academy at Mid City, appeared done in December when BESE voted to close the school amid dismal student […]
APRIL 13, 2017 BY JOANNEOriginal Article Schools are cheating their students by offering “dual-credit lite,” charges Kevin Teasley, founder of the Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation in Indianapolis, on Flypaper. Offering dual-credit (aka dual-enrollment) classes on the high school campus gives students no experience of learning on a college campus with college-age students, he writes. Often, […]
Rescue in works for BR Charter AcademyBY CHARLES LUSSIER clussier@theadvocate.com An Indianapolis-based charter school group that runs an elementary school in Baton Rouge is coming to the rescue of a larger but lower-performing charter school in town that, unless something changes soon, will close in May. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education isscheduled […]
GARY — Rodney Williams and Ricky Haskins were talking about the starting lineup for their 21st Century boys basketball team right before sectionals began a couple weeks ago.The subject of freshman guard Johnell Davis — a fresh-faced 15-year-old — came up. Haskins, an assistant coach, brought up the idea of not starting the lad and […]
American high schools don’t seem to be working in the real world. As a dad, I’m part of the problem. I remember what it was like when I went to high school, and now that I have kids in high school, I’m looking for something that resembles what I experienced. I’m guessing I’m not alone. […]