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Online Learning Takes a Step Forward in Public SchoolsLast week, TheChristian Science Monitor reported on the growing number of online learning programs in public schools, citing results from a July 2005 study conducted by Learning Point Associates. The study found that 70 percent of the nation's public schools now offer at least one distance education course, as compared with 9 percent in the 2002-03 school year. This push is only likely to increase as states begin to consider legislation requiring online components as prerequisites to graduation. Michigan took the lead in this movement last week, passing a law that requires every student in the state to take part in some form of online instruction before they graduate. Proponents of this movement feel that online learning offers students flexibility in their schedules, a wider array of courses from which to choose, and the opportunity to learn in an environment (the internet) in which they've grown up and feel a great deal of comfort. Critics contend that more studies measuring quality and efficacy of online courses should be performed before states begin including them as part of required curricula. Questions, ideas, or in need of more information? Please contact Stacey Pusey at 302-295-8349. |
"Online
courses aren't just for home-schoolers anymore" "Mich
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