Flipped Schools

Flipped Schools is one of controversial Topics in America's Public Schools. Classrooms are traditionally regarded of as places where students absorb instructor knowledge and lessons, but homework is defined as independent assignments undertaken by students on their own that reinforce topics taught in the classroom. In flipped schools, instructional approaches are inverted; students watch a pre-recorded lecture from their instructor online and then arrive to class ready to apply what they've learned. Flip teaching, as it is commonly known, entails teachers preparing online video lessons and lectures and using class time to answer student questions and assist in the execution of practical work. It necessitates a teacher checking in with every student every day, as contrast to a lecture classroom, which tends to answer just the most outspoken students' questions.

Flipped schools, like any deviation from traditional classroom instruction methods, have encountered criticism from those who object to the expectation that every student has online access, to the complete reliance on technology, and to the feasibility of implementing such significant educational change. Successfully flipped schools, such as Clintondale High School in Michigan, cite dramatically improved graduation rates and lower levels of dropouts and failure by subject as evidence of their educational merit.