Home-schooled students show positive academic achievement compared to traditional schooling, and a better parent-child relationship, a study published in Taylor & Francis Online found.
The Dr. Annise Mabry Foundation, a nonprofit in Georgia, uses Acellus to recognize the quality of its educational programs. Acellus helps the district see how students are reviewing new learning models brought forward by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acellus is a program that strives to "demonstrate the integrity and viability of its programs" by working "with multiple organizations that validate and recognize quality in educational programs. Acellus courses adhere to high standards for learning and are in use by over 10,000 accredited schools throughout the United States, and in over 42 countries," according to Acellus on Science.edu.
The Mabry Foundation was using Acellus before the COVID-19 pandemic and said it was not that affected because the majority of students and classes were already online, Dr. Annise Mabry, president and founder of the foundation, told SE Atlanta News in an interview.
"there wasn't a pivot factor that they have to learn anything, that they had to do anything differently," Mabry said. "And actually, because of that, all of the ... programs throughout the state of Georgia had to suspend offers and testing because COVID[-19], so we were the online services provider what was up and running and okay and have been using Acellus."
The Mabry Foundation is an alternate diploma program in Georgia, with students in prison, that are homeless or are even in the LGBTQ community. Because of this, the foundation has education programs to help its students learn the curriculum and earn diplomas.
Acellus also provides a unique learning experience for each student.
"Meaning that if the student has holes are gaps in their knowledge, then the curriculum automatically adjusts the Delta reteach the content so that the students are filling in those gaps. ... And you know another thing that I'm really proud of with our program is, you know, remember I told you that the majority of our students have dropped out of school," Mabry said. "And, you know, in the class of 2020 we graduated about 67 kids that you're working 7% of those students are now in college when I listen from being a drop out just a year earlier."
The foundation uses Acellus to customize courses and provide different levels of classes so each student is placed in the class that suits them best.
"And that's the beauty of it, you know, because other curriculum, do not have the ability to customize it like that," Mabry said.
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