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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Tulsa Public Schools officials decry midyear hemorrhage of nearly 500 students to virtual charter sc
January 18, 2019Gist described the midyear loss of those nearly 500 students as akin to the loss of a ...
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Editorial: Time to scrutinize funding to virtual charter schools
January 17, 2019Virtual charter schools continue taking up a larger share of the overall public educa ...
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Carnegie Science Center partners with cyber school
January 17, 2019Reach Cyber Charter School students and staff now have discounted membership access t ...
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Here’s how Indiana lawmakers propose — again — to rein in virtual charter schools
January 16, 2019Indiana lawmakers are proposing new bills to address what they view as shortcomings o ...
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In Pa., most cyber charter schools operate with expired state agreements
January 14, 2019Cyber charter schools nationally have struggled to meet academic benchmarks and have ...
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Editorial: It’s time to make e-school funding accountable in Ohio
January 14, 2019Ohio has spent years shoring up regulation and oversight of its charter schools, tryi ...
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This online program aims to prepare rural Idaho kids for kindergarten. And it’s free.
January 14, 2019Thanks to a federal grant, a free online kindergarten readiness program will be offer ...
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Virtual Charter School reforms
January 11, 2019Sen. Ron Sharp filed legislation to modify several Virtual Charter School laws in Okl ...
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Online charter schools continue to struggle, state reviews show
January 11, 2019Academic achievement continues to lag at the state’s online charter schools, in ...
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Audits show online charter schools struggling
January 10, 2019The results from the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts show both Georgia Cybe ...
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Could online courses help solve Williamson County Schools’ overcrowding problem?
January 8, 2019Hundreds of high school students logged onto online classes last year, giving the pro ...
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Indiana online schools have success lobbying lawmakers despite dismal academics
January 7, 2019In the nearly 10 years since virtual schools began, Indiana’s Republican-domina ...
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Online schools free K-12 students from tyranny of the clock
January 3, 2019Southwest Colorado eSchool, which serves grades six through twelve, got its start eig ...
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Column: Nevada charter authority lands in battle over accountability
January 2, 2019But there’s a larger issue at play here — a charter-school civil war betw ...
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Oklahoma lawmaker’s bills target charter school funding, oversight
December 26, 2018State Sen. Ron Sharp, a longtime critic of virtual charter schools, is continuing his ...
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More funding needed to continue online high school courses
December 26, 2018Hundreds of Iowa high school students may lose access to required foreign language cl ...
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Blended learning aids in educational innovation
December 26, 2018One of the innovations currently in vogue at Temple High School is the flipped classr ...
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Editorial: Florida Virtual School’s odd lack of curiosity
December 20, 2018This is serious stuff. But the virtual school’s board members couldn’t pu ...
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The Impact of Virtual Classes on the Education System in South Florida
December 20, 2018Homeschooling has been a hot topic in the U.S. It isn’t a new concept, bu ...
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Editorial: Student needs matter more than school delivery model
December 20, 2018Arbitrarily barring such students' access to virtual learning won't resolve ...
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Indiana finally knows how many thousands of students learn virtually in public school districts
December 20, 2018After enrollment at an online-only program in a small rural district shot up by hundr ...
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Letter: Online school changed my life
December 19, 2018After constantly being bullied at my brick-and-mortar high school, I knew I had to ma ...
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Legislation calls for stronger oversight of virtual charter schools
December 19, 2018An Oklahoma state senator wants to place more accountability on virtual charter schoo ...
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Statewide test results: 81 percent of Chicago Virtual students failed math
December 17, 2018About 19 percent of Chicago Virtual Charter School students passed annual math assess ...
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Auditor recommends changes to how state funds online schools
December 14, 2018As lawmakers consider changing how Ohio funds online charter schools, the state audit ...
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New Mexico charter school gets money for students who left
December 13, 2018A charter school in New Mexico that teaches students remotely by phone and internet i ...
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Cyber school’s Wilkes-Barre location celebrates grand opening
December 13, 2018PA Cyber has a goal of having enough such centers so that it is no more than a one-ho ...
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A Maine district wants to have kids do schoolwork on snow days. But the state won’t let them.
December 13, 2018Due to restrictions from the Maine Department of Education, school administrators in ...
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State Board Recommends New Virtual Charter School Regulations
December 13, 2018The State Board of Education is recommending crucial changes for virtual charter scho ...
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Elk Lake school board critical of cyber programs
December 12, 2018The Elk Lake School District spends more than $550,000 in taxpayer money to educate o ...