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Finding My Roots at J-Night
The author connects their family's scientific legacy to their career in educational journalism. They discuss the potential of youth journalism to revolutionize education, replacing standardized testing with high-quality student-produced media. The upcoming hs.credit app is poised to facilitate this shift.
The Digital Age Demands a New Transcript
hs.credit revolutionizes high school transcripts by replacing standardized tests with project-based learning. Students earn credits by uploading monthly video/podcasts, assessed by educators. This approach empowers students, gives educators control over accountability data, and aligns education with the digital economy.
Beyond the High School Diploma
TL:DR: Credits remain meaningful at individual high schools with strong reputations. Many high schools do an excellent job of ensuring value in their credit awards. It follows that academic reputation is a key derivative market of academic capital, measured in endorsements from top universities and trusted third parties such as The College Board or Harvard University.
Academic Credits as Digital Gates
In digital native academic settings students will interact with the world around them, using their smartphones to record primary sources rather than consuming academic content controlled by the major publishers and testing conglomerates. Students learn to invest their attention with intention, building work ethic, frustration tolerance, and maker skills, not to mention gaining an experience of how digital economics allow us to convert sweat equity (focused attention) into an investment in new forms of capital.