Virtual charter schools educate about 180,000 students in 23 states.2 That is a small sector within the charter movement, where students now number nearly three million, and a drop in the bucket...
Not exact matches
Research that painstakingly tries to separate out the actual effects of
schools clearly has value, but it is important to bear in mind that, in the absence of random assignment of students to
schools (such as occurs via
charter school lotteries), families that choose for their children to be
educated in their home (through
virtual schools) are likely to be very different from other families.
This report, by Lauren Morando Rhim and Julie Kowal, describes how
educating students with disabilities in
virtual charter schools entails not only molding state
charter school laws to fit a specialized type of
charter school, but also adapting federal and state special education guidelines aimed at providing special education in traditional brick and mortar settings.
And what does it mean for Cincinnati, say, to be responsible for
educating a child who is enrolled in the Ohio
Virtual Academy or in a
charter school operated by a New York firm and supervised by a Toledo - based authorizer?
In spite of a wealth of information that points to K12, Inc. running a business operation that has poor returns by failing to adequately
educate students, yet continues to profit mightily from state taxpayers, some are still enthusiastic about the prospect of the
virtual charter school coming to North Carolina, including Rep. Larry Pittman, a supporter of
virtual charters.
«I think another part of the strategy is to distract from the growing body of evidence that things like
virtual charter schools do a terrible job in
educating students.
«Whether a teacher works in a traditional,
charter,
virtual or private
school, they need the peace - of - mind of solid protection so that they can focus on
educating children,» said Beckner.
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NEWARK — The state's first proposed full - time
virtual charter school will have to wait at least year to begin
educating students.
Three powerful innovations — home
schooling,
charter schools, and, most recently,
virtual or cyber
schools — have each had an impact on our society's contempo - rary ways of
educating its young.
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Virtual public
charter schools like SCWS create modern and innovative techniques to
educate students from all walks of life in South Carolina.