Virtual Classes, Real Policy

Autor/in	Beem, Kate
Titel	Virtual Classes, Real Policy
Quelle	In: School Administrator, 67 (2010) 4, S.10-15 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6439
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Public Schools; Online Courses; School Districts; Internet; Educational Policy; Rural Schools; Small Schools; High Schools; Models; Policy Analysis; State Programs; Computer Assisted Instruction; Instructional Design; Web Based Instruction; Distance Education; Virtual Classrooms; Technology Planning; School Administration; Program Development; Educational Finance; Guidelines; Advanced Placement Programs; Alabama; Idaho; Kansas; Minnesota; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Online course; Online-Kurs; School district; Schulbezirk; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; High school; Oberschule; Analogiemodell; Politikfeldanalyse; Regierungsprogramm; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Web Based Training; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Programmplanung; Bildungsfonds; Richtlinien
Abstract	As Internet technology encroached on the public school classroom about a decade ago, Kim Ross, superintendent of the Houston School District in Houston, Minnesota, saw an opportunity. At first, he and his administrative team simply wanted to offer students in the district of 1,300 access to more classes via the web than what a district that size typically could offer. But soon, the entrepreneurial spirit overtook Ross and his team, and out of that was born the Minnesota Virtual Academy and the Minnesota Center of Online Learning (MCoOL)--two virtual schools staffed by Minnesota teachers and open to any student residing anywhere in the state. Classes began in 2002, with the help of virtual-school vendor K12 Inc., and enrollment grew from 79 the first year to about 1,500 as of last fall. Not only is the Houston district, located about 20 miles west of La Crosse, Wisconsin, able to offer its students a wider array of classes, it also benefits from Minnesota's open-enrollment policy allowing students to take their state reimbursement along with them when they enroll in a public school district anywhere in the state. Ross and his school district jumped in front of the curve, and that move hasn't gone unnoticed. Two years ago, tiny Houston High School, with fewer than 250 students, was named one of the best in the country by "U.S. News & World Report," in part because of student access to online and Advanced Placement classes. Those would be virtually impossible for the small, rural district to offer its students without some serious outside-the-box thinking. In this article, the author looks at three prevailing models of virtual education in local schools. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10