By CAROLINE PORTER, Wall Street Journal
At Reynoldsburg schools, middle-school students choose among four academies to attend for high school. The academies specialize in engineering and design; the arts; business and law; and health sciences. There are no desks permanently lined up in rows and, in one building, no bells signaling the end of class. College isn’t some far-off place: Students can take classes from a community college on school premises. Most students don’t even have to take gym in high school. At the heart of the overhaul that is aimed at all grades is a personalized learning model combining computer-based and in-person instruction that the district says has held down costs, sustained above-average test scores and put students in greater control of their learning.
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