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The MOOC Goes to High School

Last summer when Reynoldsburg City Schools connected with Udacity, the elite provider of free university-level education, it envisioned a new model for learning with Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) that would come to life during, not after high school.

3 months ago by Lisa Duty

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How Online Learning is Saving and Improving Rural High Schools

Nearly 150,000 schools were closed in the U.S. in the last century in waves of consolidations owing to budgets, busing, algebra and football. Conventional wisdom was that bigger was better and cheaper. Well, that better thing didn't work out so well and it turns out that there are some diseconomies of scale as a result...

3 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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New Mexico Families Deserve Options

The New Mexico Public Education Commission (PEC) denied application for a virtual charter school last fall on grounds citing three reasons: 1) The application was contrary to the "best interests" of students, the educational system, and the statewide community; 2) The New Mexico Charter laws are "sufficiently ambiguous...

4 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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Facing the Unknown in Online Learning

As parents that are passionate about taking advantage of the benefits of alternative learning options, we spend a lot of time talking about how virtual learning works and debunking many of the misinformed myths and criticisms of this innovative learning model.

4 months ago by Guest Author

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Online Learning: A Manifesto

Online learning is not the whipping boy of higher education. As a classroom teacher first and foremost, I have no interest in proselytizing for online learning, but to roundly condemn it is absurd. Online learning is too big and variable a target. It would be like roundly condemning the internet or all objects made fro...

5 months ago by Guest Author

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Digital Learning Now!

Digital Learning Now! is a national campaign to advance policies that will create a high quality digital learning environment to better prepare students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and careers.

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4 Initiatives Building Off of the Innovation Momentum

In an increasingly digital age, a growing number of American families are turning to online educational options to help bring a 21st century education to their children. With important education initiatives on the ballot on November 6th, families across the country took to the streets knocking on doors and sending lett...

5 months ago by Guest Author

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Udemy Raises $12 Million in Series B Funding

Udemy, the leading online education marketplace, today announced the completion of a $12 million Series B financing round led by Insight Venture Partners, with additional support from existing investors Lightbank, MHS Capital and Learn Capital, bringing Udemy’s total funding to $16 million.

5 months ago by Getting Smart Staff