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 out of school,... »
Cyber school officials disagree with Southmoreland’s assessment
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 from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Web site that showed several cyber schools missed... »
NC Virtual School Offers Statewide Access to Streaming Digital Content
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 professional development services for its educators. With partnerships with several companies and... »
As online classes boom, questions of rigor arise
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 doubled in a two-year... »
Statewide online schools should survive but not grow in 2010-11
The 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 compromise that accomplishes important goals... »
Calvert Announces New K-8 Virtual School in Colorado
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 Department of Education (CDE). Colorado Calvert Academy is a non-profit organization managed... »
