As a struggling high school student in metro Detroit, Kyle Grigg faced a terrible prospect. Last spring, Kyle was asked by his public high school counselor to leave the school because he did not have enough time to make up lost credits and graduate. Kyle knew he didn’t want to be one of the...
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Education students might be asked to help with the new Montana Digital Academy after courses start this fall. “One thing I’m very interested in is having graduate or undergraduate students fill the role of tutor in online courses,” academy director Bob Currie said. Currie said the academy has no specific plans for tutors yet,...
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Online education is exploding in cyberspace with more than one million secondary school students taking online courses in the 2008–2009 school year. Taking advantage of this trend, four NAIS-member schools launched the Online School for Girls (OSG) in the summer of 2009. A joint project of Holton-Arms (Maryland), Westover (Connecticut), Harpeth Hall (Tennessee), and...
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After declining to release the state’s Race to the Top application, last Friday 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 changing teacher certification and tracking student achievement to individual teachers. But tucked...
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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 e-learning...
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Amy Colalella’s (very) long and winding musical road has come to a happy ending. Outlasting 8,000 competitors in a year-and-one-half online talent search conducted by the Miley Cyrus fan club organization, the Plum singer-songwriter has emerged victorious in the “Are You A Superstar” contest. She wins a record contract through the Cyrus organization and...
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Provost Academy, a tuition-free public online high school, announced today it is opening its virtual doors to Colorado students. Backed by EdisonLearning’s experience in preparing more than 1 million students for college and the workforce, Provost Academy provides students personalized learning plans adapted to meet their schedule and specific academic needs. As a new...
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Melanie Laber is one of the busiest teachers you’ll ever read about. During the 2009-2010 school year, Laber, a Hartland Middle School at Ore Creek math teacher, teaches six seventh-grade classes. Because of her full load, Laber doesn’t even have a prep hour, but teaching middle school math is only part of her work...
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The single-most common question concerning online high schools is about whether there are any free ones available. Just a few short years ago, the answer was mostly in the negative. That fact is changing almost faster than it is possible to keep up. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but the main one...
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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...
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