Especially the at-risk ones. Only 63% of the kids at Clintondale went on to college, and 35% didn’t even make it though high school. It was rated as one of the worst schools in Michigan. The principal made a decision to change and start to flip his classes. His flipped classroom suggests that preparing in advance can help all personalities thrive in classrooms. Student watch online lectures and do homework and take part in activities in class with guidance from teacher.
Flipped Classroom is not a video nor the technology you use. This is about the amount of support and activities you do in the class.
Clintondale’s failure rate dropped from 35% to 10%. College enrollment went up from 63% to 80% in two years.
Clintondale’s success has caught the attention of schools all over the country, with 48% of teachers flipping a classroom by 2012, and 78% by 2014.
