The free online courses that are putting college in reach | University of California
ab1630's bookmarks 2018-03-11
Summary:
"La Cañada High School student Peter Tran is proud to have completed his first Advanced Placement class, in psychology, with the highest marks of any student in his class. But what he is most excited about is that he was able to take the class at all.
A bright and curious teen, Tran has severe autism that makes it hard for him to sit for tests or be in class with other kids. Up til now, the 10th grader has been focused on completing the classes required to graduate high school, with a patchwork of independent study, special education classes and home schooling with the help of a school aide and his mother, Joyce Show.
But after discovering a free online course platform called UC Scout, Tran has higher ambitions. Along with AP psychology, he has also taken biology and geometry classes, and is considering taking an AP science course next term...."