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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Op-Ed | In-person learning can’t be replaced
September 16, 2020As parents and educators, we know there is no substitute for the experience of being ...
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Online academy helps students make virtual learning a success
September 16, 2020The Georgia Connections Academy is helping new virtual learners make this year a succ ...
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Thousands of Oregon families choose new online programs for their child’s public education
September 15, 2020But thousands of families are deciding to stay online for the whole school year, even ...
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Operation Education: Assessing virtual charter schools
September 10, 2020You wouldn't keep your kid in a school where students perform 35% worse than the ...
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Shelby County parent starts a petition calling for virtual school to be shortened
September 10, 2020Over the weekend parents said the first week went well, but some parents think virtua ...
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Opinion: Texas students and teachers need more virtual school options now
September 9, 2020The next big challenge from COVID-19 is looming. A recent University of Texas poll fo ...
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What to Know About K-12 Online Schools
August 28, 2020AS THE CONTINUED SPREAD of the coronavirus has wreaked havoc on school districts&rsqu ...
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High interest in online school options for K-12 students
August 27, 2020Teachers and staff walked an informational picket line in Chaska on Wednesday, pushin ...
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Online school still confusing, but expected to be better than last spring
August 24, 2020All 40 public school districts in the Dayton area will offer some online education th ...
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Letter: Improve online education for students
August 24, 2020As innovators in public education, our cyber charter leaders want to help all schools ...
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N.J. school switches to all-remote learning, but COVID-19 isn’t the cause
August 24, 2020Students at Voorhees High School will be starting the school year with 100% virtual l ...
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Families opting for all-virtual options in big numbers
August 14, 2020Thousands of Schenectady City School District students have chosen to continue learni ...
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What we know about Florida Virtual School before a Knox County Board of Education vote
August 12, 2020With about 30% of Knox County Schools students opting for virtual learning this fall, ...
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This is what distance learning should look like in the fall
August 10, 2020Many schools around the world abruptly transitioned to distance learning in March, wh ...
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Miami public schools return to online learning. What lessons were learned from spring?
August 10, 2020In Miami-Dade, ground zero of the epicenter of the relentless coronavirus pandemic th ...
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Grassroots effort to bridge the digital divide ahead of the new school year gains steam
August 3, 2020When COVID-19 shuttered schools in the spring, the Flores family received a district- ...
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Cyber schools prepare for crush of students
July 30, 2020In Pennsylvania, there are 14 independent cyber charter schools. However, local distr ...
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More than 4,600 students registered for new Onslow Virtual School
July 30, 2020More than 4,600 students were registered for the new Onslow Virtual School and effort ...
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Dispute between LAUSD and teachers over online learning keeps parents in limbo
July 30, 2020With the Aug. 18 start of the school year fast approaching, parents and students face ...
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Can Online Learning Be Better This Fall? These Educators Think So
July 29, 2020Now, with many of the nation's largest school districts beginning the fall semes ...
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Less stress, better grades: With schools closed, some kids thrive
July 29, 2020Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Austin Beutner agreed that some students, e ...
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Editorial: California still unprepared for online learning
July 28, 2020Yet a new report from the Sacramento Bee found that school officials aren’t nea ...
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As schools turn to offering virtual options, will it fuel an online education model in the future?
July 27, 2020As districts scramble to implement online learning platforms before school returns ne ...
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Online learning is a perfect fit for some students, says online school principal
July 24, 2020As the summer debate boils about whether schools should be open for in-person learnin ...
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Virtual Contractors And Charter Schools Are Bracing For Higher Demand, But Limited Internet Remains
July 24, 2020Wisconsin Virtual Academy, a charter school under the MacFarland School District that ...
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‘We don’t have any options’: Fort Worth families with no internet, other needs worried about upcomin
July 23, 2020Dallas and Fort Worth rank among the worst in the country for WiFi connectivity and m ...
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Demand for Wake Virtual Academy exceeds expectations. Over 40% of students sign up.
July 21, 2020More than 40% of Wake County’s students have signed up for the school district& ...
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Letter: Online school gave me better opportunity
July 9, 2020While many were thrown into online learning due to the pandemic, I was ahead of the c ...
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If Wake families pick virtual school option, they must stick with it for a semester
July 9, 2020The Wake County school system is providing families with more information about a new ...
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CMS family considers virtual learning options to minimize risk of exposure for child with disability
July 8, 2020With just over a month away until North Carolina schools are set to reopen on August ...