Quality Driven Futures [For Distance and Higher Education]
After the initial chaos created by the massive demand for education, most states handle the influx with a combination of new community or tech colleges. Read the Full Article
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State’s online education in disarray
Audit takes particularly scathing look at Vilas School District and Hope Online Academy.Read the Full Article
Online schools flunk audit
The state report cites poor student performance and shoddy accounting among the state’s rapidly growing cyberschools.Read the Full Article
State board to take lead on cyberschool rules
State Board of Education members on Wednesday made clear they want a lead role in crafting regulations for Colorado’s cyberschools, just days after an audit report criticized the state Education Department for lax supervision over the schools.Read the Full Article
Verdict due on online schools
Several online-school operators say they fear the highly publicized troubles at one cyberschool will result in a backlash against all online programs when a state audit report is released today.Read the Full Article
Missouri moves toward virtual school
ST. LOUIS – Missouri will open a virtual school on the Internet next year with the promise of advanced instruction for bright students, make-up opportunities for those lagging behind and learning opportunities for home-schooled or sick children.Read the Full Article
All Over the Map
As the distance learning market continues to grow, state agencies charged with regulating the industry continue to operate in a “fragmented environment,†according to a report presented Thursday at the 2006 Education Industry Finance & Investment Summit, in Washington.Read the Full Article
Fire department one of first to pass policy on Web degrees
SANTA CRUZ — A Santa Cruz County fire department was recently caught in one of the fastest-growing scams on the World Wide Web.Read the Full Article
Center Seeks to Overturn E-Learning Patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been asked to re-examine its grant of Blackboard’s 44 claims in the patent. Read the Full Article
Blackboard Patents Challenged
A patent dispute pitting open source advocates for online learning technologies against Blackboard, the industry giant, became more bitter Thursday with the announcement that a formal request had been filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to revoke 44 of Blackboard’s patent claims.Read the Full Article
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