Comments on: In Michigan reform district, students set their own pace for learning http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/09/21/in-michigan-reform-district-students-set-their-own-pace-for-learning/ Just another eSchool Media site Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: snordmark http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/09/21/in-michigan-reform-district-students-set-their-own-pace-for-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-165484 snordmark Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:33:52 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=109822#comment-165484 It certainly will be exciting to see colleges and universities shift to a different form of credentialing enabling competency-based models to be implemented in High Schools with no barriers and, to the positive, quite seamless progression to post-secondary education. It certainly will be exciting to see colleges and universities shift to a different form of credentialing enabling competency-based models to be implemented in High Schools with no barriers and, to the positive, quite seamless progression to post-secondary education.

]]> By: njhoorn http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/09/21/in-michigan-reform-district-students-set-their-own-pace-for-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-165456 njhoorn Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:29:39 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=109822#comment-165456 asked the state for waivers to allow high school students to progress based on when they meet standards — which could take more than four years. As far as i know, this waiver has been granted -- <em>AND it could take less than four years. </em> Many of the high school students come from traditional schools where they are required to spend so much time in a classroom (seat-time) to "guarantee" that they learn the material. Some of these students can master the same material in much less time, allowing them to dig deeper into subjects that interest them -- such as computer programming, etc., but are not emphasized because such topics are not included on the state tests. asked the state for waivers to allow high school students to progress based on when they meet standards — which could take more than four years.
As far as i know, this waiver has been granted —

AND it could take less than four years.

Many of the high school students come from traditional schools where they are required to spend so much time in a classroom (seat-time) to “guarantee” that they learn the material. Some of these students can master the same material in much less time, allowing them to dig deeper into subjects that interest them — such as computer programming, etc., but are not emphasized because such topics are not included on the state tests.

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