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Complete Guide to Online High Schools: Distance learning options for teens and adults has been drastically revised in this second edition. The book now includes almost triple the number of schools and has become the definitive work about online high schools. Written by online learning expert Thomas Nixon, it focuses on accredited online high schools and the selection process.

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Video Monday: Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud

Onstage at TED2013, Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish: Help me design the School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can explore and learn from each other -- using resources and mentoring from the cloud. Hear his inspiring … [Read More...]

Video Monday: Nevada Virtual Academy

Nevada Virtual Academy is part of the K12, Inc. chain of online schools. It is free to students within the state. In addition to its regular program, it also has an Advanced Learners curriculum.   … [Read More...]

Best Online High Schools Navigation

In order to make it easier to find school on Best Online High Schools, you will see that I have actually begun to attempt make sense with how schools are tagged. Still not perfect, but closer. Here is a list of the potential … [Read More...]

Video Monday: California Virtual Academy

Now this is just good clean fun! A student has just received all of his materials from California Virtual Academies. It's interesting to see what all has come with it. Even a microscope! Note that it is all free because it is a charter school. Also, … [Read More...]

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In Maine, push for virtual schools fades

The report makes no explicit reference to the Digital Learning Now! standards, and instead calls for “a curated digital learning directory” to help educators find, review and compare courses, professional development opportunities and other … [Read More...]

Virtual charter school off of legislative radar … for the moment

K12, Inc. bumped into another stumbling block in its attempt to break into North Carolina’s public education market, with a state legislator saying he will forgo legislation to put an online charter school’s application back in front of the State … [Read More...]

Cost to expand Texas ‘virtual schools’ puts bill in Legislature at risk

Legislative efforts to dramatically boost the number of Texas students taking online courses have been sidetracked by strong opposition from public education groups and a hefty price tag that stunned supporters. The state’s virtual … [Read More...]

Online schools a virtual reality in Sacramento

When Kelly Krug’s son Ben struggled academically, the Fair Oaks mom looked for options that provided computerized instruction. Called “virtual schools,” these new classrooms allow students to learn course work entirely via online methods. Krug … [Read More...]

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