Old Dominion University’s Center for Educational Innovation & Opportunity is putting the finishing touches on Hampton Roads’ four new lab schools. But what is a lab school?
“There was legislation that was created by the last General Assembly that put funding into lab schools that were college partnership between public schools and institutes of higher of education. There are 15 lab schools that are across the state,” said Dr. Gary Skeen with the center.
Many of these lab schools specialize in different areas, but the focus is mainly on preparing and exposing these students to careers in math and science…