Remember yesterday’s exciting discussion about Hawaii students working in the school cafeteria and on campus to help keep things running?

A Civil Beat op-ed by a teacher was indignant at the thought, but it turns out a lot of parents and community members appear to support it because of work’s educational value.

Education Week reporter Sean Cavanaugh writes that lots of states are moving toward alternative means — including community service — for instruction.

New Hampshire has taken what is probably the farthest-reaching steps away from seat time. The state requires all public high schools to base credit attainment on student mastery, rather than seat time, NGA explains. That means students can earn credits through expanded-learning opportunities, community service, and other means, including online options.