The study's co-author Gene Glass said in a statement that «we have to make sure that cyber schools don't become just a cheap way of providing second - rate service to disadvantaged students.»
Not exact matches
However Rigby says that while 10 primary
schools reported
doing a «substantial amount» or «great deal» of classroom work on reducing the risk of
cyber bullying, seven reported they
did «little or none».
Fifty four per cent of all parents would like teachers to
do more to protect their child from
cyber predators, and this percentage increases for parents with children in early learning and primary
school.
Rob Moir and his team take
cyber security issues very seriously and together, they
do everything possible to ensure they meet, and indeed go beyone, KSCiE statutory requirements, which set out the legal obligations that
schools and colleges must fulfil to promote the welfare of children.
Note: Many parents want student / parent nights, but be warned, it is often because the parents don't have the confidence to address the issue one - on - one with their child and again are wanting the
school to back them up on
cyber safety.
This job is often left to outside resources or one of the
school's ICT staff, who often don't have the specialised expertise that a dedicated
cyber safety educator has about popular social media platforms and other apps that children use1.
And, in an age when many of our
schools are overcrowded or crumbling,
cyber learning makes financial sense, too, because
schools using distance learning
do not need to modernize or build new buildings in order to provide quality
cyber instruction.
The District
does not routinely monitor the District network for violations of
school rules or District policies and is limited in its ability to monitor laptop computers for
cyber bullying and other behavior violations.
According to a Solanco
School District Press release, «Solanco's SVA does not infringe upon [cyber charter school choice], but rather offers an additional choice which provides a proven and solid academic curriculum, at a much lower cost to the taxpayer.&
School District Press release, «Solanco's SVA
does not infringe upon [
cyber charter
school choice], but rather offers an additional choice which provides a proven and solid academic curriculum, at a much lower cost to the taxpayer.&
school choice], but rather offers an additional choice which provides a proven and solid academic curriculum, at a much lower cost to the taxpayer.»
If you look at just about every independent analysis of the performance of students in the full - time
cyber charter
schools compared to their traditional brick - and - mortar counterparts, they
do quite poorly.
A final element that should cause concern about
cyber charter
schools is that not only
do massive
cyber schools fail to provide effective services found in quality local public
schools, but they also cripple efforts of local public
schools to improve.
We are already
doing a lot of those things,» said Tom Murray, director of
cyber education and technology for Quakertown Community
School District.
Still, the patient, courteous
school board president at Livingston Classical is practical and honest and doesn't deny that, OK, maybe his
school is using a loophole in Michigan's
cyber school law.