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high school credit

by elaine

Sep 22, 2009

Does anyone have info about their state's policy on middle school kids earning credit for taking classes in high school? Several of my students take advanced math at the HS; they're only in 7th grade. The HS principal says they are not earning credit, though. Is that normal? I don't think it makes sense....I'd love to hear others' thoughts.

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Michelle Our class will give credit as long as they are taking the exact course - online ones won't count. They also have to get at least a C for the credit. We currently have one 6th grader and 3 7th graders taking Algebra I for high school credit. Good luck! Michelle

Sep 22, 2009

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Sara It doesn't make any sense but in my state at least the laws are set up to make earning any extra high school credits very hard. The point of high school for the masses was in its origins in the Great Depression was to hold kids in school and keep them out of the job market where they'd compete for the few jobs there were.

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Sep 23, 2009

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Jo All HS level courses taken in MS are given HS credit. Although, a MS student can expunge the course and re-take it with no impact on the transcript, whereas a re-take in HS will result in an average of the grades of both of the courses.

On 9/22/09, elaine wrote: > Does anyone have info about their state's policy on middle > school ki...See More

Sep 26, 2009

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elaine Thanks to all who posted ... seems the high school in question will not budge on this. Disappointing

Oct 4, 2009

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kelsey On 9/23/09, Sara wrote: > It doesn't make any sense but in my state at least the laws are > set up to make earning any extra high school credits very hard. > The point of high school for the masses was in its origins in > the Great Depression was to hold kids in school and keep them > out of the job market where they'd compete for th...See MoreOn 9/23/09, Sara wrote: > It doesn't make any sense but in my state at least the laws are > set up to make earning any extra high school credits very hard. > The point of high school for the masses was in its origins in > the Great Depression was to hold kids in school and keep them > out of the job market where they'd compete for the few jobs > there were. > > If our Middle Schoolers take two years of a language in Middle > School, our high school will allow them to move to French 2, > Spanish 2 etc but no high school credit is given and two years > of language at the high school are still required. In fact, here > many diligent students go into their senior year with ALL the > credits they need to graduate but the law mandates a 4th year of > Literature that MUST be taken in the 4th year and Cannot be > taken early or in the summer. > > Does that make sense?? > See Florida for a model program of allowing talented students to > accelerate through their education and even earning college > credits while still secondary students. More states should be > following Florida's lead. > > >> On 9/22/09, elaine wrote: >>> Does anyone have info about their state's policy on middle >>> school kids earning credit for taking classes in high >>> school? Several of my students take advanced math at the >>> HS; they're only in 7th grade. The HS principal says they >>> are not earning credit, though. Is that normal? I don't >>> think it makes sense....I'd love to hear others' thoughts. >> >> Most places I've heard of do not give high school credit for >> middle school students, even if they are in Algebra 2 or >> Calculus. As long as the high school pays for the students to >> take college classes while they are in high school, it isn't a >> big deal. If the high school can't offer them math at their >> level, and the universities require a certain number of years >> of math in high school, it can cause problems

Ok i am a high school student in TX. and i completely disagree with that whole statement. Some students NEED to graduate early, not just because they want to but because they already have a lot of responsiblities. Unlike in your day (im guessing your older with the way you make this all sound) We work a lot harder and learn A LOT more! and some of us have homes that we need to get out of, so yes regularly thats a very good statement you made. But some students do NEED to graduate early. And it would actually help the economy because the more money we have flowing in this nation the better.

Oct 8, 2009

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