The world has changed much over the past several decades, but high schools have mostly stayed the same. This stagnation needs to end, and one of the most urgent, ripe areas for evolution is schools’ approach to dual credit, wherein high school students earn college credit by completing college-level coursework. Many secondary schools claim to offer such opportunities, but they’re often inadequate, with classes offered only on the high school’s campus. A better approach—used at the 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana, of which the author is a founder—streamlines the high school (fewer course offerings, less staff, etc.) and uses the money saved to “voucherize” students’ college tuition, maximizing time spent in higher education courses held on real college campuses. Read more.

From the Education Gadfly

Fordham Institute