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Lt. governor backs charter schools bill

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Under Senate Bill 2401, charters would be authorized in the 120 districts rated successful or worse, by a seven-member board appointed by the governor and lieutenant governor, as well as state K-12 and higher education officials.

In the state’s four star districts and 28 high performing districts, any charter school request would first go to the local school board for approval before going to the state authorizing agent for approval.

Senate Bill 2401 also would allow for virtual charter schools, permit students to cross district lines, and establish a first come, first served enrollment or a lottery if demand exceeded a school’s capacity.

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Bill would permit virtual charter schools in state

February 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

A for-profit Virginia company has hired lobbyists to push for a virtual public school in Mississippi.

K12 – the nation’s largest operator of full-time online schools – wants lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 2294, the “Mississippi Digital Learning Now Act,” which would enable a virtual charter school like K12 to operate in Mississippi.

The push for new charter schools, online and otherwise, is taking place across the nation, even as communities and states are coming up millions short in funding public schools.

Mississippi lawmakers could begin debating charter schools as early as this week.

Proponents of virtual charter schools say they enable students to work at their own pace and take courses unavailable otherwise. “The ability to deliver an option for students, regardless of where live, is empowering,” said Jeff Kwitowski, spokesman for K12.

 

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K12 (LRN) Announces Quarterly Results

November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

K12 Inc. (K12) is a technology-based education company. The Company offers curriculum and educational services designed to facilitate individualized learning for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, or K-12. The Company delivers its learning system to students primarily through virtual public schools and are building an institutional business with sales directly to school districts. K12 offers virtual public schools its curriculum, online learning platform and varying levels of academic and management services, which can range from targeted programs to complete turnkey solutions. In addition, parents can purchase its curriculum and learning solutions directly to facilitate or supplement their children’s education. In April 2010, K12 formed a joint venture with Middlebury College known as Middlebury Interactive Languages LLC (MIL) to develop online foreign language courses. In July 2010, the Company acquired all of KC Distance Learning, Inc. (KCDL).

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The Growth of Virtual Learning (rebroadcast)

November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The idea of virtual learning is growing in the American education system.  More students from Kindergarten through 12th grade are learning in front of a screen rather than from a live teacher.  While some say the format is cost efficient and tailored to each individual’s learning speed, others say essential components of the schooling system, such as development of social skills and hands on lessons, are being compromised in the process.  Many educators are looking on with reluctant optimism as the virtual world expands in its implementation.  Today we’re looking at education that favors computers over classrooms.

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Online Education Made Possible With Academic and Management Company Partnerships

April 20, 2011 By 1 Comment

When Jackson State University opened for classes this year, it marked its fifth anniversary in the online education business by adding a full four-year, undergraduate degree program in early childhood education to its offerings.

“It’s certainly a part of the future,” says Dr. Willie Brown, vice president for information and process management at Jackson State, about online full-degree programs.

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School Choice Offers Opportunity for the Teaching Profession

January 18, 2011 By

As technology changes and evolves, the world of education and teaching will undoubtedly change. Teachers across the country must stay ahead of the curve.

Although some teachers and the unions see school choice as foreboding for the public school outlook, school choice encompasses empowerment for the parent to choose an environment that employs teachers in all arenas. A new era has been ushered in for education. Once limited to rigid traditional school terms and schedules, teachers are employed in traditional public schools, charters, private schools, religious schools, and online schools just to name a few. Educators will in turn have choices themselves when deciding when, where and how to teach kids.

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Best Online High Schools gets new design

December 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Best Online High Schools has now been updated with a new design and new features. This new version will continue to provide you with the best information available on the Internet about online high schools.

Come take a look!

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SkyView sees limitless possibilities

September 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The building was completely renovated and refurbished, and parents got their first glimpse at the intricate interior during tours at the opening. The hallways simulate a streetscape, and 150 skylights let natural light into every classroom in the building.

Lorrie Grove, a founding board member of SkyView Academy and NorthStar Academy in Parker, described the atmosphere at the opening as “energizing.”

“You could just feel it in the air,” she said. “There was a buzz.”

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No room in the virtual classroom

September 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

PICAYUNE — A state education official who helps coordinate a virtual on-line school says the program is so popular and in so much demand that all slots are now filled and no more applications are being accepted for now.

However, Tina Sellers, special projects officer with what is called the Mississippi Virtual Public School, said that as soon as the program is ready to begin accepting more applicants, school districts throughout the state will be notified.

In addition, Sellers said that some parents are under the impression that their child can graduate from high school through the program, but that is not the case. However, some of the courses offered in the program might help the student graduate, she said.

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Picayune school board approves cafetorium color scheme

August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

High school principal Kent Kirkland and assistant principal Toni Tucei told the board the district has some students who could have graduated last year, if they had successfully completed the high school course, but were unable to graduate with their class, even though they had passed state curriculum tests in the courses they had failed.

In a related matter, Cindy Burgess, the mother of student being home schooled because he competes on the road in motorcycle events asked that her son be allowed to take high school courses through the Mississippi Virtual Public School so he could earn a diploma.

Burgess said she knows that Pearl River County School District has some students enrolled in the school taking a physics course because PRC school district superintendent Dennis Penton told her that it was cheaper for the students to take the courses on line than it was for the school district to hire a physics teacher.

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