Maggie Pulley teaches at
an online public charter school in California.
OHDELA is
a Online Public Charter School serving students throughout Ohio in grades Kindergarten through Twelfth.
«In North Carolina, we continue to support our independent not - for - profit partner, the NC Learns Board, as they were the policymakers in the State Board of Education on their application to open a statewide
online public charter school for the upcoming year,» K12, Inc..
About Reach Cyber Charter School Reach Cyber Charter School is Pennsylvania's newest statewide, tuition - free,
online public charter school for students in grades K - 11.
Asked whether students enrolled in state
online public charter schools are prohibited from participating in JROTC programs in their local public school, Gary Mealer, program specialist at the Georgia Department of Education, told the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, «Yes, JROTC students must be enrolled at the high school where the approved JROTC program is being offered in order to participate.
eAchieve Academy is
an online public charter school in the Waukesha school district.
MURRAY, Utah — Utah Virtual Academy (UTVA), an accredited
online public charter school, is now accepting enrollment applications for the 2017 - 18 school year.
This full - time, tuition - free,
online public charter school is authorized by the McFarland School District.
Odyssey Online Learning is
an online public charter high school serving students in grades 9 through 12.
Find a no - cost program in your area by searching the directory of
online public charter schools.
Idaho Distance Education Academy (I - DEA) is an accredited (AdvancED), high - achieving,
online public charter school with a track record of excellence.
Not exact matches
Around 50 to 60 percent of traditional
charter school students are Black, compared to approximately 10 percent in
online charters and 12 percent in traditional
public schools.
In the current study, the researchers analyzed data from 1.7 million K - 12 students in Ohio who attended a traditional
public school,
charter school, or an
online charter school between the 2009 - 10 and 2012 - 13 school years.
Despite dramatic growth in enrollment in
online charter schools in Ohio, students are not achieving the same academic success as those in brick - and - mortar
charter and
public schools, finds a study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and RAND Corporation.
«Our findings reveal that, across all grades and subjects, students in
online charter schools perform worse on standardized assessments and are significantly less likely to pass Ohio's test for high school graduation than their peers in traditional
charter and traditional
public schools,» said McEachin.
These options include traditional
public schools,
public charter schools, magnet schools,
online learning, private schools, and homeschooling.
While
online learning is still new to the vast majority of K - 12 students and schools, Ohio has operated «e-schools,»
public charter schools that operate entirely
online and which students «attend» on a full - time basis, for a decade.
In
Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New
Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with
online instruction.
The groups he has supported reads like a Who's Who of the brand of education reform that favors
online learning and
charter schools over traditional schools: According to the publication Education Next, his money helped start the NewSchools Venture Fund, a major funder of
charter schools and ed tech start - ups, and Aspire
Public schools, a
charter school network.
For example, at Summit
Public Schools, a
charter school network based in California that uses blended learning, students engage in a total of 16 hours a week of «Personalized Learning Time»
online, for which students set learning goals for the week; develop a plan to achieve the goals using Summit's curated
online learning playlists; and work through the plan.
The findings, which will be published in the spring issue of Education Next and are now
online at www.EducationNext.org, show that students attending
charter high schools in Florida and Chicago have an increased likelihood of successful high - school completion and college enrollment when compared with their traditional
public high school counterparts.
The American
public shows growing support for
online learning and merit pay for teachers and continued support for accountability, standards, testing, and
charter schools — education innovations that have been endorsed by leaders in both major parties.
High Tech High, a network of K - 12
public charter schools, uses rigorous projects and
online portfolio assessments to revolutionize learning.
In this view,
public schools will struggle to meet the higher standards — and not receive the resources with which to do so — and this will open the door to the expansion of
charter schools, private - school voucher programs, and
online virtual learning.
Increasingly, schools are using
online learning - management systems such as Brooklyn LAB
Charter School's Cortex and the Summit Learning platform (offered free to teacher teams that apply to Summit
Public Schools) to deliver and organize custom playlists of activities for students and to allow educators to track students» progress incrementally (see «Pacesetter in Personalized Learning,» features, Fall 2017).
These options include traditional
public schools,
public charter schools, magnet schools, private schools,
online academies, and homeschooling.
The for - profit companies that operate some
charter and
online schools take the idea a step further by arguing that private business models are more efficient than
public school systems.
Parents could then use their ESA to pay for tuition at a private school, to take individual
public school or
public charter school courses, to pay for special education services and therapies, to purchase textbooks and curricula, to pay for
online classes, and to otherwise craft a tailor - made educational experience or their child.
Trains and mentors
public,
public -
charter and private school teachers and school leaders, through both on - site and
online programming.
Course choice would enable K - 12 students to take courses from colleges,
public high schools,
charter schools, private schools, and even
online providers.
School choice is a controversial movement that advocates for parents to «choose» the school (
public, private, religious,
charter, home,
online) they feel is best for their children.
National School Choice Week is independent, nonpolitical, and nonpartisan, and embraces all types of educational choice — from traditional
public schools to
public charter schools, magnet schools,
online learning, private schools, and homeschooling.
Some
charter schools look like traditional
public schools; others offer
online classes and may not even have a physical campus.
Together, they started the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) which has worked to provide funding and private training to state legislators to advocate for the redirection of
public funds from traditional
public schools to other options, including
charter schools, private schools, parochial schools (private schools with a religious affiliation) and
online schools.
The My School DC application is a single,
online application families must use to apply for participating
public charter schools (PK3 — 12); DCPS schools outside your boundary or feeder pattern for any grade (PK3 - 12), including citywide schools; all DCPS PK3 and PK4 programs, including programs at in - boundary schools; and DCPS selective citywide high schools (9 — 12).
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The CRPE report indicates that, on average, students with disabilities in
charter schools suffer less from some of the academic deficits experienced by students without disabilities in
online charter schools, but overall students with disabilities perform better in traditional
public schools.
Volume II, by the Center on Reinventing
Public Education (CRPE) at the University of Washington, describes the policy environments of
online charter schools and provides recommendations to state policymakers.
During this week, families, schools and organizations hold unique events, meetings and activities representing all sectors of education, from traditional
public schools, magnet schools,
public charter schools, private schools,
online learning academies and homeschooling.
The event will be centered around testimonials from students, parents, and teachers who benefit from an array of education options — including students and graduates from traditional
public schools,
public magnet schools,
public charter schools, private schools,
online academies, and homeschooling.
Held every January, National School Choice Week shines a spotlight on effective education options for children including traditional
public schools,
public charter schools,
public magnet schools, private schools,
online academies, and homeschooling.
Kids in private schools,
charters,
online schools, and home schools are all part of the
public, too.
None of the options school choice advocates promote —
charter schools, voucher supported private schools,
online schools operated by private companies — are part of a truly
public school system.
CCSA provided the following statement in response to CREDO's 2015 report about
online charter public schools.
Serving students in kindergarten through 12th grade, the Pennsylvania Cyber
Charter School (PA Cyber) is one of the largest, most experienced, and most successful
online public schools in the nation.
In
Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New
Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee (at right), led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with
online instruction.
Ball points to out - of - state school choice proponent
Public School Options as an instigator in a campaign to advocate the state's controversial
online charter school, operated by private for - profit company K12 Inc., that's been «troubled by high dropout rates and flagging academic numbers in its first two years of operation.»
Expanding career / technical schools,
public magnet schools, and
charter schools, are all favored, with additional consideration for private school tax credits / vouchers and
online schools.
Founded in 1997 as one of the original
charter school networks and awarded as a leader in education reform, Mosaica has since expanded to also serve students in
public, private and
online school settings.
Today marks the beginning of National School Choice Week (NSCW), a week designed to raise
public awareness about all types of effective education options for children, including traditional and
charter public schools, magnet, private,
online and homeschools.