Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, & Students Statewide (ACCESS)

The main goal of the initiative Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, & Students Statewide, otherwise known as ACCESS, is to masterfully handling distance learning to create equity through additional educational offerings for all Alabama public high school students. The ACCESS system gives students in Alabama the ability to engage in Advanced Placement, elective, and additional studies.

The ability to enroll in advanced courses like AP Calculus, Literature, Physics, and US History, provides excellent educational opportunities for high school students. For gifted Alabama students, they will be able to accomplish extraordinary academic feats before applying to colleges or universities. These extra courses provided by ACCESS will also give them the ability to stay engaged in the course studies and will enable them to expand their knowledge on certain areas of study. Also, as ACCESS is a web-based system, students can use it virtually everywhere.

However, the ACCESS website has drawbacks. When Internet or wifi is down, students will not be able complete course work. Additionally, ACCESS may take away from the traditional high school experience. Students will have little time to interact and socialize with others because they are working on college level, advanced placement studies. Overall, ACCESS has tremendous benefits that have positively impacted students in Alabama. By having the online, distance courses, Alabama public school students will be able to compete with private and boarding school counterparts.