Friday Feature: Learn Everywhere

Colleen HroncichWelcome to the Friday Feature, a new series on Cato at Liberty that ’s going to highlight interesting stories in the education space. Innovative schools; exciting educational programs; inspiring students, parents, and teachers—all these and more. This first post looks at New Hampshire’s Learn Everywhere program since one theme of the Friday Feature will be tha t children can—and do—learn everywhere.“Commissioner, you have to help us. The school closes at 9 p.m., we need it open until 10 p.m. ”Thissimple request by a member of a New Hampshire high school robotics team was the genesis for an exciting program thatlaunched this year in the granite state. Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut was thrilled to see how excited the students were about learning. But then he realized their learning didn ’t count when it came to high school graduation.That experience was the inspiration behind Learn Everywhere, an innovative program that allows the State Board of Education (SBOE) to license community educational programs to count toward high school graduation credits.Under Learn Everywhere, applicants outline their proposed programs, including the suggested credit and how student progress will be evaluated. At the end of a program, students will receive a certificate of completion and a grade to submit to their home district for credit. Each program will report participation information to the state annually.To understand...
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