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The bill, part of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s education initiative, would provide online course options for every public high school in Georgia. Offering the classes to high school students who attend private schools or are home schooled was part of a lengthy Senate debate Thursday.Read the Full Story
Significant gaps remain, however, as AP participation booms nationwide, according to the first state-by-state report in the 50-year history of the college-level testing program. Many students enter college without having passed an AP test, and black students have distinct challenges, with low test participation and test scores a level behind those of whites.Read the Full […]
Donna Johnson runs Providence High School, where students read, do assignments, ask questions and take tests over the Internet. The school targets students who otherwise might be forgotten by the school system, are dropouts or otherwise might not receive the attention they need, Johnson said.Read the Full Story
Bauer told the Monroe school board Monday the virtual school began and grew largely by word of mouth by students and graduates but the Monroe school district could benefit from becoming more aggressive in marketing the school. To that end, the board gave Bauer approval to begin an advertising campaign
That’s why she started Kentucky’s first private virtual high school earlier this month.Read the Full Story
First, they’ll see that the four walls of a classroom no longer confines learning or that a teacher armed with a textbook is the sole educational resource. In essence, the 21st Century will arrive completely in Butler County. Read the Full Story
Traditionally, the teacher-learner relationship is measurably enhanced by interactive face time and just-in-time access, and the teacher-teacher relationship is no different. Read the Full Story
How does the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) meet the needs of its students while closing the achievement gap that sometimes happens with traditional classroom education? The answer is the Los Angeles Virtual Academy (LAVA), a learning portal to the future that provides instruction to enable equity and access to a quality education for […]
How does the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) meet the needs of its students while closing the achievement gap that sometimes happens with traditional classroom education? The answer is the Los Angeles Virtual Academy (LAVA), a learning portal to the future that provides instruction to enable equity and access to a quality education for […]
Peter Lovely, director of curriculum, said he would like to hook up the high school with Massachusetts-based Virtual High School, a nonprofit organization that offers credit-bearing high school courses to students across the country and around the world. Lewis S. Mills High School in Burlington is in its second year with Virtual High School and […]
