Richardson ISD is trying to help students reduce the fear of transitioning from high school to college.
Mia Frederking is a senior at Pearce High School in Richardson ISD, where students are taking college-level pre-calculus.If that isn't hard enough--kids do it when they're adjusting to being away from home-- living and working on their own.
Richardson ISD and professors at the University of Texas partnered up and designed the course. The high school faculty teach it, but the students go to UT's campus and take tests on it. Yes, they get college credit if they pass, but that's not the big point. It's about taking away some of the fear of college and letting all kids develop a comfort level and see what it's like ahead of time.
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