Home-school enrollment falters: 20 years of growth halts; impact of virtual schools felt
After an enrollment boom of nearly two decades, the number of Wisconsin students in home-based education declined the past two school years.Read the Full Story
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Ohio Virtual Academy Hosting Parent Information Sessions in August
MAUMEE, Ohio, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ — The Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA) is hosting a series of parent information sessions across the state during the month of August. Families attending the information sessions will learn more about the school, view the curriculum, books and materials, witness a demonstration of the academic program, and find out how […]
Online Classes Offer Virtual Dissection, but Gym Still Takes Sweat
MINNEAPOLIS – The nation’s public schools are rushing to reconfigure scores of traditional courses from basic composition to calculus so students can take them via the Internet. One of the unlikely new offerings in this vast experiment is online gym.Read the Full Story
Downlaod Action Plan: Businesses Call for Boosting Math and Science Education
Fifteen business groups have released an action plan to double the number of graduates earning bachelor’s degrees in mathematics, science, technology and engineering in the next decade.Read the Full Story
District, teachers at odds over validity of online degrees
HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Two teachers who earned doctorates online do not deserve the pay raises that come with them because the university that awarded them is not accredited, officials with their suburban Detroit school district say.Read the Full Story
Teachers Flocking to Online Sources to Advance and Acquire Knowledge
Annette Mikula wasn’t looking for online professional development. As a school district human-resources director, she simply wanted to learn more about preventing harassment and bullying—while working full time and caring for three children under 11.Read the Full Story
Study faults schools on computer use: Teachers, students lack skills to fulfill potential
Most of the $30 million spent on computer technology in Jefferson County public school classrooms in the past decade is not helping students learn, according to a new analysis done by the school district.Read the Full Story
Channel One Struggling in Shifting Market
In a Culpeper Middle School classroom one rainy morning this past spring, the morning news aired on a wall-mounted television set: a deadly helicopter crash in Iraq, prescription drug abuse by teenagers, and an effort to recycle crude oil led by high school students.Read the Full Story
Bridges Signs Agreement with 12th Largest U.S. School District
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(CCNMatthews – July 22, 2005) – Bridges Transitions Inc. (“Bridges” or “the Company”) (TSX:BIT), a leading provider of career and educational planning solutions, is pleased to announce that it has recently signed a one-year agreement with Virginia’s Fairfax County Public School District. This agreement will see Bridges’ products placed in all of the […]
Going the Distance to Hold Teachers Accountable
Highly Qualified Teachers: Louisiana Louisiana receives national recognition for its flexible online professional development program that helps improve the quality of classroom teachers statewide.Read the Full Story
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