Three years ago, the California Area school district in Pennsylvania鈥檚 Allegheny Mountains, gave students the chance to opt into a very different kind of K-12 experience.
These students鈥攁bout 75 of the district鈥檚 roughly 900鈥攏o longer receive traditional grades. Instead, they get feedback from teachers. And instead of learning the same content as everyone else, their lessons and assignments are based on their goals and personal interests.
Here, learn more about the challenges and benefits of this approach.
