Cheyanne Finup of Nekoosa qualified for the first semester honor roll at Wisconsin Virtual Learning. A junior, Finup earned between at 3.0 and 3.499 GPA. FBLA members head to state The Future Business Leaders of America chapter from Lincoln High School attended the Feb. 4 Regional Leadership … [Read more...]

If it passes, Minnesota will become one of a handful of states to mandate student participation in online learning, which is, to put it mildly, a booming industry in search of customers. Consider, for example, Tennessee’s adoption last year of the Virtual Public Schools Act, model legislation … [Read more...]

Online schooling is an attractive option for parents and students because schedules are flexible and kids can work from home. It’s those same qualities that attracted Casey Longo to Colorado Virtual Academy. The middle school English teacher was there for five years until the spring of 2011 when … [Read more...]

In cyberschooling, there is no physical school. There is no traditional classroom setting. Typically, students are provided a laptop and they do their work at home on their own, and their only link to their teacher and classmates is online. Another important point to understand: Most cyberschools … [Read more...]

“I’m not saying the amendment fixes everything that’s bad out there,” said Jonesboro Rep. Jim Fannin , author of the amendment. “I’m just trying to make the bill better.” Fannin also got an amendment attached that says local tax dollars cannot be transferred … [Read more...]

The Iowa legislature is currently debating the role of online schools. A number of questions have been raised and must be answered if we are to proceed down this road. The first concern is to follow the money. The funding that would go to a local school district and then percolate through the local … [Read more...]

The Florida Virtual School remains the largest provider  of online courses in the country, according to a new report fromEvergreen Education Group. Students enrolled in nearly 260,000 courses through the school in the 2010–2011 school year. Florida trails other states in the number of students … [Read more...]

A bill that would lift the cap on cyber charter schools in Michigan is getting a bit stale as it sits in the House. The Senate passed it last fall, and the House Education Committee approved the bill early last month. But a handful of Republican lawmakers are standing in the way of passing a bill … [Read more...]

The new iPad’s 3MP Retina display leverages VidyoMobile’s data sharing feature, offering greater detail in content collaboration for vertical market applications like healthcare, government, education and manufacturing. Several Vidyo customers already use content sharing to enhance … [Read more...]

The Waukesha School Board approved a plan Wednesday night to partner with Milwaukee PC to provide laptops for students of the district-run virtual school, eAchieve Academy. Families would work directly with Milwaukee PC, freeing the district from laptop distribution and servicing. eAchieve would … [Read more...]