The phrase "accelerated school" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an educational program or institution designed to allow students to complete their studies at a faster pace than traditional schooling.
Example: "The accelerated school program allows students to finish their high school education in just three years instead of four."
Alternatives: "fast-track school" or "expedited education program".
According to an analysis of 213 studies involving more than 270,000 students from kindergarten through high school, programs to enhance social and emotional development accelerate school achievement as much as interventions targeted at academic subjects.
What follows is a look at three species of schoolwide reform: Success for All, Accelerated Schools and Core Knowledge.
The Accelerated Schools model essentially offers a method for channeling the energies of reform and is now in more than 1,000 elementary and middle schools in 41 states.
Core Knowledge stands apart both from skill-oriented systems like Success for All and student-centered models like Accelerated Schools, with their skepticism about content.
Accelerated Schools is not intended to produce the same academic program at every school in which it operates, and so one might expect that it would perform indifferently in research.
Columbus Park had adopted the Accelerated Schools model, whose central feature is an "inquiry process" in which teachers and administrators, along with parents and the community, take stock of the school, assess its strengths and weaknesses and plan collectively for reform.
"Instead of being lethargic and sitting back and letting someone else do it," said Edna Hanson, a first-grade teacher, "Accelerated Schools forces you to be the person to go out and do the research and make it happen.
Other reform options include the Accelerated Schools Project, which essentially treats all students as gifted and talented; Modern Red School House, which mixes students from different grades; and a Yale University program that, like Success for All, addresses students' social needs.
Funding for accelerated free school programme, with 180 new free schools in 2015/16.
