Sentences with phrase «virtual education»

As districts move in this direction, they are taking a harder look at how they will evaluate their local models of virtual education.

To capture the high ground, he needs only to make clear his strong support for charter schools and offer bold, innovative ideas in virtual education.

The 8,000 - square - foot space underwent a $ 3 million renovation and now hosts conferences, laboratories and space for virtual education.

It also looks at the funding tactics schools are using to build virtual education programs for special populations and the evolving professional - development needs for these efforts.

This special report, the second in an ongoing series on virtual education, examines several of those approaches and aims to identify what is working and where improvements are needed.

If we move back to our education example, it's why we will see the explosion of online and virtual education options explode in 2016.

Take the plunge and transfer to full - time virtual education, or just enroll in the classes you want on a part - time basis.

It describes how the school choice movement laid the philosophical and institutional foundations upon which virtual education could be built.

The flexible accounts can help students succeed as universities use online classes, recorded lectures, and other virtual education solutions more widely.

With growing interest in technology - based learning, many states are exploring state - run virtual education programs, including policies and procedures, staffing, funding models, and data reporting.

We've posted here before about virtual education and the use of the internet to deliver classes.

The devil is in the details when evaluating the educational effectiveness of virtual education.

All parties involved in virtual education must embrace different learning styles (digital and otherwise) and support each other to adapt to this rapidly changing world of online learning.

Virtual education programs provide additional instruction choices for students in non-traditional settings through distance learning options.

Transfer and begin your full - time virtual education, or stay in your current school and enroll only in the online classes you want.

(Ala.) Every high school in Alabama may be required to offer virtual education options for students beginning in 2016 - 17 under a bill pending before Gov. Robert Bentley.

Both applicants for a legislatively - mandated pilot program, N.C. Connections Academy and N.C. Virtual Academy, will be governed by a non-profit board of directors, but both groups plan on contracting with virtual education companies to actually run the schools.

«In other cases, we've seen innovation from charters, such as virtual education, that has spurred our traditional schools to examine their own methods and explore new ones.»

One great example is in West Virginia, where they've done an extensive project using virtual education to offer Spanish to all middle schools — they had no way to do this in a traditional fashion.

The legislation (HB 7069) also mandates recess in elementary schools, expands virtual education courses to private and home schooled students, and tweaks Florida's testing system.

Toward that end, Eaton has created a customized professional - development program for the 60 teachers in the district's Achieve Virtual Education Academy and has spread many of the professional - development techniques for virtual and blended instruction to brick and mortar teachers in the district.

«I thought CAVA Sonoma had some really great teachers who worked very hard,» said Golovich of her decision to join California's largest provider of online virtual education.

A number of groups are opposing the bill, however, including California Parents for Public Virtual Education, EdVoice and the School for Integrated Academics and Technologies.

The four - story, rectangular, well - windowed structure is devoid of markings save for the massive number 2145, presumably the structure's address, not an estimate of the year virtual education is to be fully realized.

Florida is a nationally - recognized leader in K - 12 virtual education by being the first state to legislate full - time and part - time options for all K - 12 grade public school students.

Both studies cite inconsistencies in quality, lack of oversight and high ratio of vendors profiting greatly from virtual education.

Clay Christiansen's comparison of virtual education today to the pocket transistor radio of the 1950s seemed entirely apt.

The United States has many lessons it can learn from how other countries are deploying virtual education and how it might partner up with those countries in different ways to offer a wider range of educational and cultural experiences to its students.

Twelve states now have their own virtual education institutions — state - sponsored schools that provide some or all of their instruction over the Internet, according to Education Week's 2002 survey of state technology coordinators.

The key pillar of Bush's plan is to make sure virtual education isn't just a new option for taxpayer money but a requirement.

Lobbyists like Levesque have made 2011 the year of virtual education reform, at last achieving sweeping legislative success by combining the financial firepower of their corporate clients with the seeming legitimacy of privatization - minded school - reform think tanks and foundations.

«I've never seen it like this in ten years,» remarked Ron Packard, CEO of virtual education powerhouse K12 Inc., on a conference call in February.

The International Association for Online Learning (iNACOL), the trade association for EdisonLearning, Connections Academy, K12 Inc., American Virtual Academy, Apex Learning and other leading virtual education companies, is a case in point.

The political challenges virtual education faces are no better described than in M&C's study.

Interest in and support for virtual education began in the highest populated areas of our state, Greenville, Spartanburg, Columbia, and along the coast, Myrtle Beach and Charleston.

Please sign in and use the links on the left to find the Air Force Virtual Education Center (AFVEC).

Forum guide to elementary / secondary virtual education (NFES 2006 — 803).

Students in Oregon can choose between tuition based or free virtual education options.

Virtual education works differently for all enrollees with one common theme: students and parents are able to build educational paths flexible with extracirricular activities and interests.

Ms. Oropeza went toe to toe with Mr. Bush on controversial education policies like mandatory virtual education, high stakes testing, and lack of funding for the classroom.

K - 12 students in Ohio have several options for virtual education ranging from supplemental courses to degree programs.

You might not have realized there is an online school Crawford county residents may apply for supplemental virtual education - eAchieve Academy.

The State Board of Education had tough questions Wednesday for two for - profit virtual education companies in line to receive millions in public money to teach children through their home computers.

Virtual education gives you exclusive advantages & benefits including flexible class schedules, a FREE laptop for full - time students, a wider range of courses and the ability to learn at your own pace.

«The concept behind virtual education is being able to reach all kids.

But Michael G. Moore, a professor of education at Pennsylvania State University, said programs that combine virtual education and face - to - face instruction could be effective.

Aracich performed the same requirements as other teachers enrolled in the GaTAPP program but some of the coursework had to be modified slightly to account for the differences between virtual education and those teaching in brick and mortar locations.