Archive for the ‘K-12’ Category

Michigan Considers Requiring High-School Students to Take at Least One Online Course

The Michigan State Board of Education is set to approve a new graduation requirement today that would make every high-school student in the state take at least one online course before receiving a diploma.Read the Full Story

Time’s up; put down your iPods

Districts say embracing gadgets can help students excel.Read the Full Story

Time’s up; put down your iPods

Districts say embracing gadgets can help students excel.Read the Full Story

Home Schools Are Becoming More Popular Among Blacks

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 10 (AP) – When Denise Armstrong decided to teach her daughter and two sons at home instead of sending them to public school, she said she did so thinking she would do a better job than the school of instilling her values in her children. Read the Full Story

Home Schools Are Becoming More Popular Among Blacks

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 10 (AP) – When Denise Armstrong decided to teach her daughter and two sons at home instead of sending them to public school, she said she did so thinking she would do a better job than the school of instilling her values in her children. Read the Full Story

High school students study in virtual world

New Fairfield High School senior Josh Purtle is listening to the lectures of a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this semester.Read the Full Story

High school students study in virtual world

New Fairfield High School senior Josh Purtle is listening to the lectures of a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this semester.Read the Full Story

Michigan Virtual High School Earns Accreditation

LANSING, Mich., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Michigan Virtual High School (MVHS), one of the largest virtual schools in the United States, has been awarded accreditation by the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA). CITA is an accrediting authority in the U.S. and throughout the world and is an alliance of the premier American accrediting […]

Michigan Virtual High School Earns Accreditation

LANSING, Mich., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Michigan Virtual High School (MVHS), one of the largest virtual schools in the United States, has been awarded accreditation by the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA). CITA is an accrediting authority in the U.S. and throughout the world and is an alliance of the premier American accrediting […]

Virtual high school program underway

NORTON – Funding for John I. Burton High School’s participation in the Virtual High School program, about $10,000 for this school year, is all planned out, according to city schools Superintendent John Sessoms.Read the Full Story