The Florida education department reports that the online company K12 Inc. used teachers lacking subject-matter expertise and gave inaccurate information about teacher assignments. Read Full Post >
The Philadelphia district wants to open an online school, which would make it one of several city school systems to found cyber-education operations. Read Full Post >
The foundation is increasing its investment in the parent-oriented school-rating website GreatSchools, to expand the reviews offered online. Read Full Post >
The for-profit online education provider has tentatively settled a lawsuit alleging the company misled investors, and other claims in the suit were dismissed. Read Full Post >
New Mexico Secretary of Education-designate Hanna Skandera has approved an application to allow Connections Academy to provide virtual education in the state. Read Full Post >
The state's board of education approved 45 course providers to participate in unprecedented Course Choice program, four days after a judge ruled it unconstitutional. Read Full Post >
Parents, and their children, are increasingly the targets of advertising from virtual education businesses interested in making them customers, a published report says. Read Full Post >
The Manchester, N.H., school district is considering the use of online classes and blending learning programs to address overcrowding. Read Full Post >
State education officials said the school isn't hiring enough workers to help serve its fast-growing enrollment of special needs students. Read Full Post >
There are lots of Reasons Districts Should Open Flex Schools. Flex schools, as classified by Innosight Institute are small individualized schools with an online curriculum. Students move at their own pace and augment online work with projects, tutoring, and work-based learning. Flex schools create personalized options for students and an example of competency-based learning for educators to visit. Read Full Post >
