发布于2015年12月30日;最初发布在太阳哨兵报于2015年12月29日。
By布列塔尼Shammas，太阳哨兵报
布劳沃德县图书馆向用户提供免费的在线高中毕业文凭的成人
布劳沃德县adults who do not have high school diplomas will be able to get them – and some career training – through an online program launching at the public library.
Funded by the state for the first time this year,Career Online High Schooloffers accredited high school degrees and career certificates. Enrolled students take all their courses online with the support of an academic coach.
The布劳沃德县Library system is one of 11 in the state to pilot the program. It will provide full scholarships for 75 county residents to complete their degrees and certificates through the program, which normally would normally cost about $1,300.
“There are a lot of reasons people don’t complete their high school diplomas,” said Vonda Ward Byrant, learning services coordinator for the library system. “We want to give them a second chance.”
网上职业高中的创造者说，因为它涉及到疗程服用，而不仅仅是测试中，它比GED更有效。它也包括职业培训，他们说可以打开更多的门。
证书是在八个领域，从儿童护理和教育办公管理提供。大学生创业，宣布一项重大而采取的职业课程计划，然后移动到高中的课程像数学，英语和社会研究。
“有没有曾经是很多夜校，因为再说，有只是盖德，”霍华德利伯曼，智能新秀职业网络教育，基于彭萨科拉的公司，帮助建立该计划的创始人。
“这是对某些人来说，非常舒适，在参加测试好，他们可以利用这些五个测试，并得到他们高中同等学历。我们希望把重点放在乡亲对他们来说，GED是行不通的。”
The program requires students to be at least 19 years old, have completed at least ninth grade and hold a library card. It takes up to 18 months, with courses available 24/7 online to provide flexibility for those who are juggling jobs and raising children.
在布劳沃德县, about 12.1 percent of adults over 25 years old lack a high school diploma, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
赚取文凭可以有一个“巨大的，巨大的影响，”利伯曼说。他说，毕业生也许能找到更好的工作或继续学业。
Career Online High School began in 2012 through a partnership between Smart Horizons and Cengage Learning, an educational content provider. In 2014, it was adapted for public libraries by Gale, a division of Cengage Learning focused on libraries.
Since then it’s been rolled out in libraries in Denver, New Orleans and across California. In Florida, it is being offered by libraries including the North Miami Beach Public Library and the Martin County Library System.
保罗Gazzolo，高级副总裁兼总经理盖尔说，全国各地的图书馆迎来了作用，社区教育中心。金宝搏彩票
“I think it’s so on the bulls eye of the mission of libraries to provide some sort of community education that they just love it,” he said. “It’s something that they could not have done 10 or 15 years ago.”