The Speed of Life: How and When Should You Accelerate Graduation?
The four-year high school model works for most students; it provides enough time to adequately learn all of the information that we expect students to learn before they go on to other institutions or start careers as well as enough opportunity to mature and learn those “soft skills.” However, there is a segment of the student population who would strongly benefit from an accelerated high school program, enabling them to graduate in less than four years. Who are these students and how can schools suppo