Sunday, April 6, 2008

A promising report for virtual schooling

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3673/is_200504/ai_n13633250/

I have started working with Florida Virtual School as the Guidance representative for my current charter school. I have had more students who have completed courses with the virtual school to supplement what they are earning at our school so they can graduate faster. This article discusses mostly the pros (with a few cons) about virtual secondary schooling. I personally love taking my college classes on line (I think I have had one class that would have worked better in person), and I think many high school students feel the same.

In this article two state virtual schools are compared, and the report for the one in Florida seemed pretty positive. This article is encouraging to me since I want mine to be a mostly computer-based school. I plan to allow my students to take classes at the virtual school if they want something I don't currently offer - I would actually encourage it. With more school districts cutting so many positions, they may not have much of a choice but to encourage many students to seek virtual schooling whether from home or from a computer lab within the school.

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