Provost Academy, South Carolina's free online public high school, will offer extended year education beginning July 1, 2010. This new option is being offered for students who would like to accelerate their education or for those who need additional time to complete assignments. "Flexibility is one … [Read more...]
Commonwealth Connections Academy-Lehighton graduates 31
June 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Commonwealth Connections Academy (CCA)-Lehighton held its commencement at Penn's Peak, Jim Thorpe last night. Thirty-one students entered to the music of "Pomp and Circumstance." Each wore a black gown with a cap and tassel. They looked just like any other graduating class. But CCA … [Read more...]
Who Should Fund Cyber Schools?
May 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
For more than 175,000 students in 25 states, going to class is as simple as turning on a computer. Many more students attend traditional schools but take some of their classes online. If current trends continue, half of all high school courses will be taught on the Web in 10 years. “The number of … [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...]
Cameco gives $2M to virtual school
February 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When Edward Benoanie first signed up to take math and science courses through Credenda Virtual High School, he wasn't sure how his studies through the pilot program would go. "I was basically the guinea pig," he said. "Everything was new to them and it was new to me, too." It turns out Benoanie's … [Read more...]
Virtual school opens new doors
December 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Gilleard is taking the class with the hopes of going on to be a marine biologist. She doesn’t live near the ocean, as she is a senior at St. Ignatius High School. Her teacher actually lives in New Jersey, and the majority of the kids in her class are from the east coast. Yet through a “Virtual … [Read more...]
