History of IDEA
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Youth Voice in School Finance
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Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Bricks and clicks: part two
- 05-13-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
California is lagging behind other states, like Florida, in online education, in part because of regulations enacted nearly a decade ago to clamp down on independent study scams masquerading as charter schools. As a result, virtual schools face stifling rules dictating student-teacher ratios, limiting their operations to contiguous counties, and requiring teachers leading virtual courses – they could be living anywhere – to have California credentials. Flex Public Schools, which will open the state’s first hybrid, “bricks and clicks” online schools, will be able to sidestep regulations governing non-classroom-based online schools and launch a truly innovative approach to education. (more...)
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