The movement toward improving education today in the US includes a strong focus on digital learning, an approach that involves a myriad of delivery mechanisms via online tools for students, no matter where they live or attend school. Online learning is opening up classrooms to the world. While not for all children, online public schools are providing NEW options for students and NEW choices for parents in public education.
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Where does your state stand on: Online Learning?
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Survey reveals parents interested in virtual learning options in Lancaster County
September 24, 2021The Lancaster County School District revealed the results of a virtual-learning surve ...
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Lawmakers, residents push top D.C. education leaders for more testing, transparency and virtual
September 23, 2021City officials, teachers and parents depicted two vastly different versions of how sc ...
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New state bill requires NY schools in large cities with high COVID-19 transmission to offer remote
September 22, 2021Two New York state senators introduced a bill last week that could potentially force ...
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North Rockland only district in Hudson Valley offering remote option
September 22, 2021Most districts insist that all students should be in school. Reopening plans state th ...
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‘This literally scares the hell out of me’: Parents call on state officials to make remo
September 21, 2021"I’ve had to choose between homeschooling my child working a full-time schedule ...
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Fairfield Long-Term Remote Learning Not Enough, Some Parents Say
September 21, 2021Fairfield schools have introduced a remote learning option for students with immunoco ...
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Parents in the Chicago area want distance learning options at school.
September 21, 2021Some parents in Chicago and the suburbs are looking for distance learning options as ...
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Online-only SC schools report surge in enrollment
September 20, 2021The Cyber Academy of South Carolina (CASC), for example, said it expected to enroll r ...
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District 186 parents pushing for a remote learning option
September 20, 2021Even as school districts require masks and testing for in-person learning, some paren ...
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Parents Call For Remote Learning Option For Mass. Students Not Yet Eligible To Be Vaccinated
September 20, 2021A group of parents from around Massachusetts is calling for remote learning options f ...
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K-12 Virtual Charters See Wave in Enrollment
September 20, 2021Enrollment at public virtual schools surged upward last year — and insiders say ...
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Online learning still a viable option for Milton and Janesville students
September 17, 2021Konnor Fink, an eighth-grader enrolled in the ARISE Virtual Academy, an online learni ...
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Local parents puzzled schools won’t provide remote-learning options for sick, quarantined
September 17, 2021While school districts continue to implement strict quarantine policies, kids are bei ...
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Enrollment soars as quality suffers in Baton Rouge virtual academy: ‘it has been a learning curve’
September 17, 2021The lone virtual option offered this year by the East Baton Rouge Parish school syste ...
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Richmond Public Schools close the waitlist for Virtual Virginia
September 16, 2021Richmond Public School District announced they have cleared the waitlist for Virtual ...
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Options few for remote learning at area schools
September 16, 2021Local school districts opened their doors for the 2021-22 academic year last week, ho ...
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Gov’s remote learning ban sparks concern
September 16, 2021Because Gov. Charlie Baker has mandated in-person learning for all school districts, ...
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Editorial: Virtual learning simply did not work
September 16, 2021Most, we believe, would agree that the phrase “virtual learning” is an ox ...
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Aberdeen family pushes to have immunocompromised daughter on remote learning as pandemic continues
September 16, 2021There's a growing minority of families in New Jersey who want their school distr ...
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Ky. school districts begin virtual programs; they’re seeing waitlists
September 15, 2021As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, parents are looking into virtual school optio ...
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His child is marked absent every day of school: ‘It is frustrating’
September 15, 2021A Richmond parent said his child has not gone to school yet this year because there i ...
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American School for the Deaf launches virtual academy, extending reach to students across the U.S.
September 15, 2021The American School for the Deaf in West Hartford is offering an “Online Academ ...
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Springfield Public Schools add permanent virtual school
September 14, 2021By the start of the school year, it was at capacity with 500 students and about 60 te ...
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Tennessee education commissioner stands by ban on districtwide virtual learning as a pandemic respon
September 13, 2021Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn says her department will continue its ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott signs law enabling virtual learning expansion in Texas during pandemic
September 10, 2021More Texas students will have access to virtual learning after Gov. Greg Abbott signe ...
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Any Illinois School District Can Offer Full-Time Remote Learning. Few Are Doing It.
September 10, 2021Only eight districts submitted a remote program to the state. “Why go backward ...
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Pushing for more remote learning options, Maine parents say schoolkids ‘more at-risk now’
September 9, 2021A new school year is underway in Maine, but classes have already been interrupted in ...
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7 True Stories From Virtual School
September 9, 2021Teachers, administrators and service providers talk about what remote teaching is rea ...
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Parent left with few options after special needs student removed from Lee Virtual School
September 8, 2021A Lee County parent tells us the School District is no longer accommodating special n ...
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Parents frustrated by delays signing children up for virtual school
September 8, 2021With Granite State schools back fully in person, the main option for remote learning ...