Daniel Contreras, a senior at Dekaney High School, started losing his sight at age 15 due to congenital glaucoma. By the time he was 17 he had totally lost his eyesight, fallen behind on his classes and wasn’t given much hope for graduating on time with his classmates. He even considered dropping … [Read more...]
Cyber school officials disagree with Southmoreland's assessment
February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Cyber school officials don't agree with Southmoreland School District Superintendent John Halfhill's assessment that the organizations drain local public school district funding and aren't making the grade in regards to state testing. At a recent school board meeting, Halfhill presented findings … [Read more...]
NC Virtual School Offers Statewide Access to Streaming Digital Content
February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) has announced it has signed an agreement to offer free access to Discovery Education streaming, the company's digital video-based learning system, to educators and students throughout the state. The school has also chosen the company to provide … [Read more...]
As online classes boom, questions of rigor arise
February 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
A fast-growing number of Minnesota K-12 students are migrating from the classroom to a home computer, in what some experts say is the vanguard of an online education revolution that's altering how and where many students learn. Enrollment in full- and part-time public online programs has nearly … [Read more...]
Statewide online schools should survive but not grow in 2010-11
February 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The [Oregon] House Education committee voted 8-2 today to allow Oregon's two biggest online public schools to remain open at their current size next school year, but to prohibit them from growing despite parent pleas to let them expand. The architects of House Bill 3660 defend it as a fragile … [Read more...]
Calvert Announces New K-8 Virtual School in Colorado
February 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Calvert Education Services will open a new virtual public charter school, The Colorado Calvert Academy State Charter School in the fall of 2010. Colorado Calvert Academy is authorized by the Charter School Institute (CSI), an independent charter authorizing agency within the Colorado State … [Read more...]
Virtual school works for local family
February 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It's hard to believe the school year is halfway finished. My fifth-grade daughter has accomplished so much already and looks forward to what lies ahead. I take great pride in being involved in my child's education. I proofread my daughter's book reports, help her study for tests and read aloud with … [Read more...]
Multiple Stimulus Aid Streams Flow to Ed Tech
February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
State education officials and local school districts are working to use technology money from the federal economic-stimulus package to develop initiatives that do everything from consolidate data systems to create high-quality digital content for school laptops. But much of the $650 million in … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Virtual Schools Close to Capacity
February 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Continued popularity of Wisconsin's virtual schools are pushing them near capacity, which may force the Legislature to revisit an enrollment cap put in place two years ago, an audit released Tuesday shows. The state's 15 virtual schools offer classes from kindergarten through high school over the … [Read more...]
Racing to Read, and Virtual Learning
February 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
After declining to release the state’s Race to the Top application, last Friday [New York] posted the entire application online. Predictably, the application mostly includes language like “bold” and “transform.” The state had publicized many of its most radical changes, such as … [Read more...]
