News Anchor: In education news, a first in California, a charter school in San Francisco will combine online instruction with a traditional teacher in the classroom approach. ABC 7′s education reporter, Lyanne Melendez, got a look at this new school and she’s here to explain how it’s going to work. Lyanne? Lyanne Melendez: Well, you [...]
Ted Roland: 15 year old Christina Schultz and her 11 year old brother Jonathan are showing off their commute to school: down the stairs and into their separate classrooms. Once they get online they’re at school. Christina and Jonathan may attend school at home but they’re not home schooled-there’s a big difference. They actually attend [...]
State officials and school administrators are constantly evaluating the progress of students. Has the use of technology shown a concrete improvement in student learning? Or is technology distracting the students from learning? Below is an article from Allison Bailey and J. Puckett from JournalStar.com who attempt to shed light on the question, “Can technology fix education?”
Austin says the K-12 courses, designed to be adaptable to each student’s needs have kept him motivated while providing the foundation to explore whatever interests him the most. Illuminate is a virtual classroom that’s pretty cool. It allows the kids and the teachers to chat their way through the coursework or they can interact on the screen.
K12 is the largest K-12 virtual school provider in the world. K12 is the only provider that can provide a comprehensive solution that includes everything you need to start and run a virtual school, including student recruitment. The student recruitment is critical. You can build it, but if you don’t have a mechanism for getting students into the program, it is just another expense to the district. K12’s value proposition is not an expense, but bringing new students and funding to the district.