The Tuscaloosa [Alabama] City Board of Education unanimously approved a proposal Tuesday night to implement an online academic program that will allow students to earn credits on their own schedule.
During a board meeting, Zachary Barnes, the director of graduation success and dropout prevention for the school system, and Robert Coates, director of secondary education, spoke to the board about Bridgewater Academy, a fully accredited online school that allows students to have access course studies 24 hours a day.
As a credit recovery program, Bridgewater Academy makes earning course credits as simple as logging onto a website.
Barnes said that Bridgewater will not replace other programs the system uses for credit recovery, like Plato Learning.
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