{"id":18342,"date":"2011-04-21T15:50:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T19:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=18342"},"modified":"2011-04-21T15:50:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T19:50:28","slug":"for-ap-students-a-new-classroom-is-online-wsj-shellenbarger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/04\/21\/for-ap-students-a-new-classroom-is-online-wsj-shellenbarger\/","title":{"rendered":"For AP students, a new classroom is online [WSJ; Shellenbarger]"},"content":{"rendered":"

For AP students, a new classroom is online<\/strong> <\/a>— from the Wall Street Journal by Sue Shellenbarger<\/p>\n

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When budget cuts wiped out honors French classes at her Uxbridge, Mass., high school, 18-year-old Katie Larrivee turned to the Internet.<\/p>\n

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Advanced-placement classes have been booming amid efforts by high-school students and parents to trim college tuition costs and gain an edge in the college-admissions race. A record 1.99 million high-school students are expected to take AP exams next month, up 159% from 2000, says Trevor Packer, vice president, advanced placement, for the College Board, New York, the nonprofit that oversees AP courses and testing. About 90% of U.S. colleges and universities award college credit to high-school students who pass the program’s rigorous subject-matter tests.<\/p>\n

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“They get as much school work done in 3\u00bd hours as it takes eight to do” in a traditional school day, Mr. Kirkpatrick says. Kayla Kirkpatrick says she likes moving through the material at her own pace, in contrast with a traditional classroom where “sometimes I’m really bored, and other times it is moving way too fast for me.”<\/p>\n

One potential drawback for socially connected teens: taking an advanced placement course online seems to require advanced placement time-management skills. Being online with access to Facebook or Twitter, can be “a bit of a distraction,” Kayla Kirkpatrick says.<\/p>\n

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