Kamd50
02-08-2008, 11:32 AM
Ohio high school educators await details on early college proposal
Gov. Ted Strickland's plan to offer high school students free tuition to spend their senior years at college is getting a wait-and-see reception from some high school educators, and some worry about its impact on the students who choose not to take part.
"I'm not opposed to the idea. It's good news that we want to encourage students to go to college," John Foley, superintendent of Toledo public schools, said Thursday. "But not every kid as a senior is ready for college. I would hate to see a diminishing funding support for those kids."
Strickland's initiative, called "Seniors to Sophomores," would enable seniors at Ohio public high schools to take classes at two- or four-year Ohio public colleges instead of their high schools, picking up their high school diplomas and a year of college credit at the same time. The seniors would have to meet the academic standards of the individual colleges.........................
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080208/UPDATES01/80208009
Gov. Ted Strickland's plan to offer high school students free tuition to spend their senior years at college is getting a wait-and-see reception from some high school educators, and some worry about its impact on the students who choose not to take part.
"I'm not opposed to the idea. It's good news that we want to encourage students to go to college," John Foley, superintendent of Toledo public schools, said Thursday. "But not every kid as a senior is ready for college. I would hate to see a diminishing funding support for those kids."
Strickland's initiative, called "Seniors to Sophomores," would enable seniors at Ohio public high schools to take classes at two- or four-year Ohio public colleges instead of their high schools, picking up their high school diplomas and a year of college credit at the same time. The seniors would have to meet the academic standards of the individual colleges.........................
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080208/UPDATES01/80208009