Unlike charter schools, which must be open to all, enrollment criteria should be established for
virtual schools based on factors proven necessary for student success.
Not exact matches
The WP
Virtual Islamic
School (http://www.witness-pioneer.org/VSchool/index.htm)(WPVS) is a project of Witness - Pioneer, an Internet -
based Islamic Organization that is dedicated for the study of Islam through authentic sources.
«
Basing a
virtual dental home in a
school, a nursing home or other community setting allows dental hygienists to prevent or treat the majority of oral health problems on site, and also brings prevention information to patients, families and caregivers.
Following humble beginnings at the suburban New Jersey high
school they attended, myYearbook partnered with game developer Arkadium to bring Flash
based games and a
virtual currency, called Lunch Money, to the site.
EcoMUVE also builds on Dede's interest in
virtual and shared learning environments, as exemplified by earlier projects like River City, a science -
based interactive computer simulation designed for middle -
schoolers.
A useful addition would be data
based on surveys of parents with children enrolled in
virtual schools and in their brick - and - mortar counterparts.
The NEPC report paints a dismal picture of student learning at K12 - operated
schools, but the fatal flaw of the report is that the measures of «performance» it employs are
based primarily on outcomes such as test scores that may reveal more about student background than about the quality of the
school, and on inappropriate comparisons between
virtual schools and all
schools in the same state.
In 31 states, students can enroll in a full - time
virtual school, often from anywhere in the state, free of limitations
based on geography or the physical constraints of a building.
States are right to be concerned about how to best regulate
virtual charter
schools — they ought to measure their results
based on the growth of individual students and shut down poorly performing ones.
In my own address to the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education this year, I reported that K - 12 online education options continue to expand, with students participating in site -
based online labs, hybrid courses, and part - and full - time
virtual options that are offered by a variety of providers including charter
schools, districts, state supplemental programs, corporations, and colleges.
Likewise, the
school switched the math software from Khan Academy to
Virtual Nerd
based on student preferences.
Into this mix has walked the Open High
School of Utah, a charter school that is offering a virtual education that is based almost entirely on curricular materials available free - of - cost from open so
School of Utah, a charter
school that is offering a virtual education that is based almost entirely on curricular materials available free - of - cost from open so
school that is offering a
virtual education that is
based almost entirely on curricular materials available free - of - cost from open sources.
Most attempts to define
virtual schools sort them into categories
based on their operating entity.
The delivery mechanism subsequently evolved from mail -
based correspondence courses and radio programs to television and satellite broadcasts to today's Internet -
based virtual schools, which were launched in the 1990s.
By 1996 the
virtual fire was beginning to blaze: an experimental WebSchool in Orange County, Florida (a precursor to the Florida Online High School), offered online courses to local students; Federal Way School District in Washington State founded the Cyber - School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Clas
virtual fire was beginning to blaze: an experimental WebSchool in Orange County, Florida (a precursor to the Florida Online High
School), offered online courses to local students; Federal Way School District in Washington State founded the Cyber - School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Class
School), offered online courses to local students; Federal Way
School District in Washington State founded the Cyber - School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Class
School District in Washington State founded the Cyber -
School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Class
School Academy with nearly 50 students (both elementary and secondary); the Concord
Virtual High School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Clas
Virtual High
School (later to be called Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Class
School (later to be called
Virtual High School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Clas
Virtual High
School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet - based high - school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Class
School) was awarded a $ 7.5 million federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant; and the University of Nebraska — Lincoln was awarded a combination of grants to research and develop Internet -
based high -
school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Class
school courses (later marketed by a for - profit enterprise called Class.com).
Programs range from Stanford Online High
School to specialized dropout prevention high
schools run in partnership with community -
based nonprofits toRocketship, which plows savings from technology into extended learning opportunities and higher teacher salaries, to the North Carolina
Virtual Public
School, a signature program of Democratic Governor Bev Purdue (launched when she was the state's Lt. Governor).
Virtual -
school teachers need training on a variety of software applications, basic hardware maintenance, effective communication strategies (such as effective writing techniques for web -
based lessons), information management skills, and instructional intervention strategies.
Such is life in Whyville, a Web -
based virtual world that provides inquiry -
based education for middle
school students.
The EcoMOD (Model / Modify, Observe, Design) project will build on and extend our prior EcoMUVE curriculum for middle
school, using a design -
based research approach to combine an immersive
virtual environment with hands - on interactive modeling through a scaffolded computational interface.
Florida
Virtual School also created the first - ever full online video - game
based course called Conspiracy Code — initially an American History course — for which it did rigorous research to learn how it improved student outcomes and for which students and teachers it worked best.
iNACOL, the K — 12 international online learning association, has already done much of the work of creating the dashboard of outcomes -
based metrics on which full - time
virtual charter
schools should be judged.
E-schools would be able to admit students best situated to take advantage of the unique elements of
virtual schooling: flexible hours and pacing, a safe and familiar location for learning, a chance for individuals with social or behavioral problems to focus on academics, greater engagement from students who are able to choose electives
based on their own interests, and the chance to develop high - level
virtual communication skills.
Ed tech helps
schools achieve this through self - paced learning, project -
based learning, and
virtual experiences that enrich core lessons.
Mechanisms we espouse, such as student -
based funding, open enrollment systems, charter
schools, and
virtual education, are having some success in breaking open the current system, but they require very special circumstances at the state and local level.
For example, New Hampshire's
Virtual Learning Academy Charter
School (VLACS) not only bundles its content by competencies (rather than courses), but also receives funding
based on mastery rather than time.
Now Miller teaches AP macro - and micro-economics for the Orlando, Fla. -
based Florida
Virtual School, and she says most of her students have no idea what she looks like.
This model is
based on my 16 + years of experience in the
virtual schooling realm professionally and personally.
I get nervous when I hear reformers talk about competency -
based learning, eliminating grade levels, personalized learning,
virtual schooling, and other means of upsetting the traditional paradigm of
schooling.
Work -
based learning opportunities can take the form of job shadowing, intensive internships,
virtual apprenticeships, and
school -
based enterprises.
Local and global networks:
Virtual and blended learning communities such as social media groups or chats, virtual PLNs, conferences, meet - ups, edcamps and school - based professional learning commu
Virtual and blended learning communities such as social media groups or chats,
virtual PLNs, conferences, meet - ups, edcamps and school - based professional learning commu
virtual PLNs, conferences, meet - ups, edcamps and
school -
based professional learning communities.
Competency -
based education is also part of the organizational fabric at the
Virtual Learning Academy Charter
School (VLACS).
For example, in New Hampshire, the
Virtual Learning Academy Charter
School's (VLACS) program, Aspire, plans to include experiential service learning opportunities in their communities as part of their competency -
based online course offerings.
With a five - year grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Hudson High
School, along with the Concord Consortium
based in Concord, Massachusetts, started the
Virtual High
School (VHS) Project in 1997 as an experiment.
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?
These innovations include
virtual courses for students (e.g., Virtual High School and Florida Virtual School); ubiquitous technology programs in which every student and teacher receives a laptop and every school has wireless access (e.g., in every public grade 7 and 8 classroom in Maine); technology used to support inquiry - based learning (e.g., the Missouri - based eMINTS program), and online courses and workshops for preservice and in - service teachers (e.g., the EDC EdTech Leaders Online pr
virtual courses for students (e.g.,
Virtual High School and Florida Virtual School); ubiquitous technology programs in which every student and teacher receives a laptop and every school has wireless access (e.g., in every public grade 7 and 8 classroom in Maine); technology used to support inquiry - based learning (e.g., the Missouri - based eMINTS program), and online courses and workshops for preservice and in - service teachers (e.g., the EDC EdTech Leaders Online pr
Virtual High
School and Florida Virtual School); ubiquitous technology programs in which every student and teacher receives a laptop and every school has wireless access (e.g., in every public grade 7 and 8 classroom in Maine); technology used to support inquiry - based learning (e.g., the Missouri - based eMINTS program), and online courses and workshops for preservice and in - service teachers (e.g., the EDC EdTech Leaders Online pro
School and Florida
Virtual School); ubiquitous technology programs in which every student and teacher receives a laptop and every school has wireless access (e.g., in every public grade 7 and 8 classroom in Maine); technology used to support inquiry - based learning (e.g., the Missouri - based eMINTS program), and online courses and workshops for preservice and in - service teachers (e.g., the EDC EdTech Leaders Online pr
Virtual School); ubiquitous technology programs in which every student and teacher receives a laptop and every school has wireless access (e.g., in every public grade 7 and 8 classroom in Maine); technology used to support inquiry - based learning (e.g., the Missouri - based eMINTS program), and online courses and workshops for preservice and in - service teachers (e.g., the EDC EdTech Leaders Online pro
School); ubiquitous technology programs in which every student and teacher receives a laptop and every
school has wireless access (e.g., in every public grade 7 and 8 classroom in Maine); technology used to support inquiry - based learning (e.g., the Missouri - based eMINTS program), and online courses and workshops for preservice and in - service teachers (e.g., the EDC EdTech Leaders Online pro
school has wireless access (e.g., in every public grade 7 and 8 classroom in Maine); technology used to support inquiry -
based learning (e.g., the Missouri -
based eMINTS program), and online courses and workshops for preservice and in - service teachers (e.g., the EDC EdTech Leaders Online program).
The analysis of charter management organizations is
based on a «
virtual control record» method, in which students in those
schools are compared to «
virtual twins» who attend regular public
schools the charter students would otherwise have attended.
The bill supplements charter
school facilities funding and adds incentives for
virtual (Internet -
based) charter
schools.
The organization works with ALEC to write and promote education reform policies such as
school grades, mandatory grad retention, high stakes testing, unmitigated charter growth, corporate tax scholarships, competency
based education, personal learning accounts,
virtual learning, tying student test scores to teacher evaluations, weakening teachers unions and attacking the constitutional authority of
school boards.
Eliminate the 25:1 student - to - teacher ratio for
virtual charter
schools — a measure
based on no convincing empirical evidence that it raises student achievement — and take
virtual charters out of the category of independent study.
In addition to these
school -
based programs, we help students and teachers connect and deepen their learning through the EdRising
Virtual Campus, a cutting - edge online community that offers rigorous resources to support the development of great teachers.
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School Teachers
For example, the large Florida
Virtual School offers additional courses to students in brick and mortar high
schools mainly through Web -
based instruction, while Iowa Learning Online offers its courses through a blend of Web -
based instruction and a two - way, audio - video interactive system.
SC Whitmore is the only public
virtual school that is
based in South Carolina.
Today, many teachers are involved in their professional associations,
school -
based professional learning teams, and increasingly in
virtual collaboration of different kinds.
Over the course of our 69th year, ASCD held an inaugural
virtual conference, made significant enhancements to the web -
based PD In Focus tool, and selected
schools for the first - ever Whole Child Network.
While many states provide free enrollment into
virtual schools Missouri's
virtual instruction program is tuition
based.
The Tennessee Department of Education promotes online
schooling and notes that parents can enroll their children in online
virtual schools that are not
based in Tennessee.
This paper refers specifically to online
schools where instruction is delivered remotely by live teachers on a full - and part - time
basis, also known as
virtual or cyber learning.
The Monroe
Virtual Middle
School (MVMS) uses computer - based courses, correspondence, independent study and experiential credit - based options to offer a flexible approach to earning middle school c
School (MVMS) uses computer -
based courses, correspondence, independent study and experiential credit -
based options to offer a flexible approach to earning middle
school c
school credit.
eAchieve Academy is an online charter
school that provides the same subjects & classes as traditional charter
schools on a
virtual basis.