Degree Press has long offered the Best Online High Schools website, the largest in its niche. Recently, it has expanded its offerings to include: Best Online Public Schools Best Online Private Schools Best Online Elementary Schools Best Online Middle Schools Best Online Charter … [Read more...]
Tracking E-Learning Growth
July 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Online learning is spreading quickly in U.S. schools, with 27 percent of high school students saying they were enrolled in at least one online course in 2009, nearly double the 14 percent enrolled in 2008, according a newly released update to a 2007 study. Further, online learning appears to run … [Read more...]
Arizona State Launching Online Credential for Online Teaching
July 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Arizona State University has expanded its online degree and certification programs for PK-12 teachers, including the addition of a new credential for online teaching. Tuition will be the same whether the student is in state or out of state. Beginning with the fall 2010 semester, six new programs … [Read more...]
Districts Embracing Online Credit-Recovery Options
July 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Interest in online credit-recovery courses continues to surge, prompting some policy experts and educators to consider whether traditional rules requiring students to spend a certain number of hours in the classroom, rather than simply demonstrate their proficiency in the subject matter, are … [Read more...]
Kansas District Expands Virtual Learning Beyond Middle School
July 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
K12 Inc. and Lawrence Public Schools launched a new virtual high school program serving Kansas students in grades 9 and 10. Building on a partnership formed in 2004 with the creation of Lawrence Virtual School for kindergarten through eighth-grade students, the Lawrence Virtual High School offers a … [Read more...]
Pajamas uniform of choice: Virtual schools first to offer K-12 education
July 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Not even a ride on a yellow school bus. A group of enterprising Internet educators have been waiting a year to give Georgia public school students and teachers the state’s first virtual K-12 experience – the chance to work and learn from home in their slippers full-time. Friday, they get an … [Read more...]
Summer school classes vanishing as South Bay students scramble for options
July 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Vanessajoie Castillo had been hoping to get ahead in the race for college by taking precalculus and trigonometry courses this summer at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose. But when the James Lick High School student arrived last week to register, she found the classroom packed — and the waiting … [Read more...]
City school board approves online academic program
June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Tuscaloosa [Alabama] City Board of Education unanimously approved a proposal Tuesday night to implement an online academic program that will allow students to earn credits on their own schedule. During a board meeting, Zachary Barnes, the director of graduation success and dropout prevention … [Read more...]
Agora Cyber Charter School Graduates Largest Senior Class
June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
On Thursday, Agora Cyber Charter School, a public cyber charter school, held its fourth graduation ceremony honoring 242 seniors who successfully completed the online high school course requirements and received their diplomas. Graduation took place at 7pm Thursday evening at the West Shore … [Read more...]
Financing for virtual schools under study
June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Subsets of the Virginia Board of Education meet today for the first time on two of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s marquee education initiatives — charter schools and college laboratory schools — as members begin delving into implementation. The two committees will meet in Richmond this afternoon, … [Read more...]
