This is to announce that the Independent Curriculum Group's website,
http://www.independentcurriculum.org/ has now gone live. The ICG is the
new and better iteration of the informal group of schools oragnized some
years back by Bruce Hammond (then of Sandia Prep in New Mexico) under the
"Excellence without AP" banner. Bruce is now the executive director of the
ICG and the brains behind the outfit in all ways.
The new site features some statements of purpose, links to lots of
information on reasons and process around dropping AP-designated courses,
and profiles of member schools. The broader effort, rather than just being
"anti-AP," is to give all schools tools and ideas for developing their
own, self-designed high-level curricula as well as programs of study to
support all students in achieving at high levels.
In the context of recent discussion threads on this list, it will be
interesting to see how this movement embraces such ideas open curriculum
and on-line learning--the kinds of educational disruption that many of us
see coming and welcome.
Folks from ICG member schools or interested parties are also invited to
join the ICG Ning at http://independentcurriculum.ning.com/ The Ning is
still pretty light on content, bells, and whistles, but over time the hope
is to turn it into a solid resource for teachers and administrators
working "on the ground" to enact ICG principles.
Cheers--Peter Gow
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