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In Middle School, Charting Their Course to College and Beyond

Public schools have long offered their students the same basic academic program, with little real choice aside from foreign languages or an occasional elective in what was a one-size-fits-all approach that drove many families to seek private and charter schools.

These new learning plans will follow each sixth grader through high school, and are intended to help the students assess their own strengths and weaknesses as well as provide their parents and teachers with a more complete profile beyond grades and test scores.

By WINNIE HU

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/education/01schools.html?hpw

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