ACCESS

ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide) is a new program offered in many schools to give equal opportunity to all schools. Many rural or low income schools cannot afford to provide students with advanced courses. ACCESS is here to solve this problem. With this program students and teachers from different schools can take the same classes, but from two different places. This program can be web based, for example, a website portal, or through video conferencing, example, two way audio and video. This program would provide access to advanced diploma courses, additional course offerings, advanced placement/dual enrollment courses, supplemental resources, distance learning, and provides teachers with technology to improve instructions.
I think that the ACCESS program sounds great. It gives each student an equal opportunity to a great education. I believe that students of all ages would benefit from this program. The program also allows you to be at your own school, but still be able to sit in on classes that are taking place at another school, which is wonderful, because some people just dont have the ability to get to another place to get the extra help or classes that they need, and also, being at your own school makes you feel more comfortable. I think if it were necessary for people to have to travel out of their comfort zones, they would probably be less likely to put forth the effort.