Last week I visited Arizona's largest school, Primavera Online. Headquartered in Chandler, Primavera serves primarily upper division students seeking an alternative pathway to graduation.
AP | By KRISTEN WYATT and IVAN MORENO | Posted 12.16.2011
DENVER -- More schoolchildren than ever are taking their classes online, using technology to avoid long commutes to school, add courses they wouldn't ...
The New York Times | Stephanie Saul | Posted 02.12.2012
By almost every educational measure, the Agora Cyber Charter School is failing. Nearly 60 percent of its students are behind grade level in math. N...
EdNews Colorado | Burt Hubbard and Nancy Mitchell | Posted 12.03.2011
Colorado taxpayers will spend $100 million this year on online schools that are largely failing their elementary and high school students, state educa...
Posted 11.27.2011
Colorado Democratic Senate President Brandon Shaffer is seeking an emergency audit of online K-12 schools. In a letter to lawmakers Monday, Shaffer...
Posted 08.22.2011
A bill that would give way to mounting online charter school enrollment in Oregon caused a clash so significant that it halted action on a large packa...
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 07.13.2011
Carpe Diem school is a good example of blending multiple modes of instruction. The mix of online learning and teacher-driven workshops is effective, but the culture is the secret sauce.
The Atlanta Post | Posted 05.25.2011
The one commonality educators have regarding online schools, particularly cyber charter schools, is a passionate opinion about their contribution to A...
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 04.28.2012