An experimental education program will soon be tested in New Hampshire. State school officials want to administer a new rigorous state board of exams to some tenth graders that – if passed – would allow the students to start attending community or technical college two years early. That could mean some students would be able to graduate after the tenth grade, or keep attending high school while working on their undergraduate degree.
This was a key recommendation from a national panel called the "New Commission on Skills of the American Workforce." The panel released a report that said the U.S. must overhaul its education system drastically to stay competitive globally. Yet some say early graduation exacerbates existing socioeconomic gaps.
Lyonel Tracy, New Hampshire's Commissioner for Education, joins us on the line to explain. Click here to read more on the idea.
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