K12 Inc., a leading provider of K-12 online school programs in the U.S., released a new report showing three of its largest managed online charter schools -- Texas Virtual Academy (TXVA), Arizona Virtual Academy (AZVA), and Georgia Cyber Academy (GCA) -- are making progress on closing the achievement gap between economically disadvantaged and not disadvantaged…

Digital Learning Day is March 13, 2015! According to CER’s 2014 America’s Attitudes Towards Education Reform, Americans are split on a blended learning environment, described as an environment where a portion of learning is done using digital technologies, and the rest through face-to-face instruction. In fact, 42% said they’d be more likely and 42% said…

For students who need more flexible learning schedules, digital learning is playing a growing, integral role to their success. Here are two digital learning policies worth watching in 2015, according to a recent blog post from Tanya Roscorla, a Center for Digital Education writer. One is personalized and competency-based learning. This means virtual students operate on…

Online and blended learning programs are having a positive impact on student learning across the country, and thankfully more media outlets are starting to pay attention to this increasingly important topic. Through the use of blended learning programs, students like fourteen year-old Gabi Directo are able to learn subjects at their own pace, and move on…

The Facts About Digital and Blended Learning toolkit arms online learning supporters with the realities about digital and blended learning, fights common myths about digital learning, offers suggestions for working with the media, and provides connections to some of the best digital learning resources and organizations. Download or print your copy of The Digital Learning Toolkit: The…

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In anticipation of inclement weather, a rural school in Ohio chose to use three allotted “E-Days” that assigned online coursework to students rather than using conventional snow days. Use of E-Days is a state program that allows pre-approved schools to provide assignments via the school website in circumstances when facilities are closed, which are then…

Mary C. Tillotson, Watchdog.org When Allie Schnacky, 13, was cast as Pippi Longstocking in a play, her public elementary school wouldn’t allow her to be absent as often as she needed to perform. Her parents pulled her from the school and enrolled her in Florida Virtual School, an online public school that allows for more flexibility…

The Learning Accelerator’s video describes how the power and promise of blended learning will impact the future of 50 million students in America. What is Blended Learning?