ACCESS

Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide, commonly known as ACCESS is a program started by the Alabama Department of Education to enhance the learning opportunities across the state of Alabama. Students in Alabama can take advanced placement, college level or remedial classes using an online program. The main advantage of ACCESS is that it gives all students an equal chance to take higher level classes that many schools, especially in rural areas, don't have the teachers for. It also ensures that all students are using the same lesson plan and curriculum for these classes so they are all receiving top quality instruction.

In my opinion this is a huge step forward for the state of Alabama's education. This is such an innovative way to offer classes that otherwise, students may not be able to take. I think it will also begin to level out the playing field for students starting college. I'm anxious to visit and ACCESS lab and see it in working action. I'd never heard of ACCESS before this assignment but I think its a great program to offer to Alabama students.