Summer school goes online

As CNN reports, attending school online is becoming increasingly prevalent as traditional schools scale back their offerings. Despite other schools charging up to $695, the online education market is expected to grow by more than 40% over the next 4 years.
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Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom

A recent 93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education, has a starchy academic title, but a most intriguing conclusion:

“On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”...[more info]

Students learn a different way

One Lebanon Middle School teacher is getting a jump start on preparing her students for college — in two unexpected ways...[more info]  **LOOK!** - This article is written about one of our own teachers!!

Virtual schools praised for innovation, individualization

Online charter schools that allow children to work at their own pace may end up big winners in U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's plan to fund more innovative education methods. A Chicago virtual school is drawing kudos from parents for challenging top students as well as helping those with learning disabilities...[more info]

Public Schools Expand Curriculum Online

When senior Zack Jackson wanted to take a class in mythology, he wasn't out of luck just because his small high school in rural Virginia didn't offer it. Instead, he headed online...[more info]

Online Summer School A Blessing For Some Students

When Scott Landry flunked a math class in his Townsend, Massachusetts, high school this year, he was told he would not make it into the tenth grade unless he went to summer school...[more info]

A National Primer on K-12 Education

As I travel around the country talking with students, parents, teachers, administrators and public officials about online education, I sense enormous excitement about the promise of online learning to prepare today’s students to succeed in an increasingly technology-driven global economy. After all, the young people of this “Millennial” generation grew up with the Internet and thrive in a multimedia, highly communicative environment. Learning online is natural to them—as much as retrieving and creating information on the Internet, blogging, communicating on cell phones, downloading files to iPods and instant messaging. Online learning and virtual schools are providing 21st century education and more opportunities for today’s students....[more info]

Creating an Effective Virtural School Program

Administrators are sold on virtual schools-but get bogged down in execution. Here's what creates successful district programs a statewide virtual school...[more info]

More students across US logging on to online classrooms

...After Ben Hathaway's father was called to active duty in the Army National Guard, the 15-year-old had to help his family tend the 130 head of cattle on their 345-acre farm in Leoma, Tenn....[more info]

The Case For Michigan's Online Learning Mandate

In a recent editorial in K-12 Tech Trends by Patricia Deubel, Ph.D, " Should States Mandate Online Learning," the author questions Michigan's new high school graduation requirement, which mandates students take an non-credit online course or learning experience...