Category Archives: Virtual schools

Online Learning: Growth and Evaluation

July 10, 2008 – 7:46 pm

In a certain to be much talked about book, Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, and Michael B. Horn describe how a majority of students will use online learning within a decade. They suggest we must disrupt, that is change, thinking about [...]

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Are Students Learning from Gaming and Digital Worlds?

December 10, 2007 – 1:24 pm
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What do Kids Learn from Virtual Worlds?

November 23, 2007 – 1:48 pm
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Online Learning Rapid Growth Continues

September 12, 2007 – 9:44 am
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Virtual Schools as Education Change Agents

June 15, 2007 – 2:32 pm
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Synthetic Worlds for Education?

June 14, 2007 – 10:25 am
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Future Schools

May 16, 2007 – 10:45 am
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Learning Anytime, Anywhere

January 31, 2007 – 9:22 pm
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Online Schools Enrollment Explosion

November 26, 2006 – 9:24 pm
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Online School Enrolls Huge Numbers with New Approach

August 23, 2006 – 10:30 am
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Online Learning

August 22, 2005 – 3:17 pm
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Virtual Schools Study

March 19, 2005 – 10:53 am

A thorough study of funding and regulations of online (virtual) schools in Washington enlightens the subject about such topics as:

Requirements for teacher contact
Amount of funding and fiscal impact
Record keeping
Public policy and support
Defining online learning
Homeschooling impact

This carefully conducted and well-written report found that both “high” and “low” achieving students use online courses and programs and makes [...]

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Changing High School

December 11, 2004 – 2:29 pm

Because high schools have been so resistant to change, educational choices have expanded enormously. Why can’t high schools change? A provocative essay, “The Blind Men and the High School” descibes six strategies to change school. Each states a strategy, problem definition and theory of action. Here is one of the stategies as an example:
Strategy: Devise [...]

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Florida Virtual School Enrolls 14,000 Students

June 1, 2004 – 11:21 pm

One of many virtual or online high schools, Florida Virtual High enrolls over 14,000 students annually across the U.S. and in other countries since its founding in 1997. Their motto is “Any time, Any place, Any path, Any pace.” This state funded school claims a 90% course completion rate and offer “franchises” to others wishing [...]

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Virtual Schools, More Choices

May 4, 2004 – 12:18 pm

The US Department of Education estimates that 50,000 students from 37 states attend virtual schools either full or part-time, a very rapidly expanding sector of school choice. Though critics worry about the lack of social contact and lack of regulation, parents are making the selection just as they do in the realm of homeschooling. The [...]

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