Gresham-Barlow academy gives students an online alternative to traditional school
The Oregonian | Portland, OR
Breanna Hisey struggled in her Centennial High School classes, and they conflicted with her job, so her parents helped her find an alternative at Gresham-Barlow Web Academy. This term Hisey, 17, studies algebra, English, government, health, physical science and psychology via her computer, and next (read)
Say hello to ‘The Flipped Classroom’ in Niagara Falls
Buffalo News | Buffalo,NY
Some classes at two local schools have been flipped. Work that used to be done in the classroom is being done at home, and what used to be done as homework is being done in class. It’s an experimental approach being tried in several cities to move educational techniques into the digital age of the 21st (read)
Virtual Learning Academy Charter School looks toward growth
Nashua Telegraph | Nashua, NH
In only five years, enrollment at the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School has increased from 700 to 15,500, and is larger than many of the state’s school districts. Those numbers are not as simple as they seem; an “enrollment” at the online charter school, for example, does not necessarily equal one (read)
Nashua middle-school teacher starts early
Nashua Telegraph | Nashua, NH
Elm Street Middle School teacher Tammie Robie is used to getting up at 4 a.m. She has been doing it for years, getting a little time to herself, to read, check Facebook, have some coffee and go for a jog before her family wakes up. Since last January, however, that “me time” has been turned into grading time, after (read)
GOP proposal harms cyber schools, limits choices
Tribune-Democrat | Johnstown, PA
Harrisburg fourth-grader Ashley Matunis excels at math, which allows her to learn faster than her classmates. Her 7-year-old sister Anna suffers from Type I diabetes. Their mother, Sarah, found a way to meet both her daughters’ learning needs at Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, which has more than (read)
Winamac science class balances tech with effectiveness
Pharos-Tribune | Logansport, IN
Seventh-graders in Darlene Gordon’s science class balanced thick textbooks and razor-thin iPads on their small desktops Friday as they finished a 17-question quiz using Socrative, an iPad app Gordon chose for some class activities. It’s not quite “flipped instruction,” but that’s on purpose, Gordon said. “At this (read)
Pa. students need to have education choices
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Pittsburgh, PA
This year more Pennsylvania families than ever have a reason to celebrate School Choice Week, Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, and Digital Learning Day on Feb. 6. As a teacher at the virtual public school Commonwealth Connections Academy’s Seven Fields office, I celebrate both proudly, as I see firsthand the benefits (read)
Haslam bill seeks to make real improvements in state’s virtual schools
Knoxville News Sentinel | Knoxville, TN
Legislation imposing enrollment limits in Tennessee virtual schools is included in a 59-bill package in the Haslam administration’s legislative package for the 2013 session, though the governor never mentioned it in his “state-of-the-state” speech or news releases on his “priorities” for the year. The measure (SB157) (read)
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