We offer over 40
online middle school courses, including three world languages (French, German and Spanish) and core courses in math, language arts, science and social studies.
In our analyses of Florida data, 37 percent of the variation in students»
middle school course tracks can be explained by a combination of their prior test scores, race / ethnicity, and family income.
«We have made a special effort to
eliminate middle school courses that have the effect of tracking students at an early stage of either being AP or non-AP students.
Hill says that schools need to be sure that parents, especially those who didn't attend college themselves, realize that
middle school courses can open or narrow their children's choices further down the line.
In its day, such a decision may have been driven by coincidental enrollment trends, but the science shows that those that have since chosen to steer wide of
the middle school course may have been proved wise.
Once students complete
their middle school course work, they are given the opportunity to begin to earn high school credit early.