Eighty percent of superintendents who replied said they were already using some form of virtual learning in their high schools — mostly in core subjects of English, math, social studies and science. Many of those responding indicated they wanted to use virtual learning much more in foreign language education, technology education and vocational education. Sixty-five percent of those surveyed said they used virtual education for credit recovery, followed by 32 percent using it when scheduling conflicts occurred and 30 percent for at-risk students.

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What do educators think of online classes? – Andy Gammill, Indianapolis Star

With a wealth of public, charter and private schools in the area, Waco parents have no shortage of choices for where to send their children. But there’s another option for local folks that’s gaining favor across the state — school via the home computer. It’s not traditional home schooling, and it’s not just for high school students

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More parents choosing to enroll children in online learning, even as young as third grade – Wendy Gragg Tribune-Herald

This paper reported using the practical inquiry model as discourse guide to facilitate students’ critical thinking in online discussion. It was found that almost all the postings of the students who had no knowledge of the inquiry model fell into exploration phase except three postings in triggering events phase and two in integration phase. In comparison, the postings of the students who used the model as the guide included more instances of integration than the postings of those who did not know about the model

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Facilitating Students’ Critical Thinking in Online Discussion: An Instructor’s Experience – Hua Bai, Journal of Interactive Online Learning

This study shows the importance of interaction to student learning within Web-based online learning programs. The population of this study was students enrolled in multiple academic disciplines at a private university in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. A Web-based research instrument was designed to assess students’ characteristics, their perceptions of learning, satisfaction, student-to-student interactions and student-to-instructor interactions

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Interaction in student learning and satisfaction in Web-based Online Learning Environment – Ali Sher, Journal of Interactive Online Learning

A new survey of Indiana superintendents, principals and school counselors finds that a majority see virtual learning as a way to enhance academic offerings in public education. Sixty percent of respondents to the “2009 Survey of Virtual Learning in Indiana,” conducted by the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) at the Indiana University School of Education, said they are offering or may offer online courses in six different areas, including alternative education, gifted and talented education, and instruction for homebound students. But just half of the respondents indicated their school would pay for virtual instruction and cited instructional cost as a barrier to offering more online courses

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Online learning viewed as increasingly viable option for Indiana students – Indiana University

Nazareth Area School District is considering making students take an online class as a requirement for graduation. Superintendent Victor D. Lesky presented the idea during a school board meeting Monday, saying an online high school class would better prepare students for taking such courses in college.

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School district considering online learning to prepare students for college – Joanna Poncavage, THE MORNING CALL

The University of Maine System is considering expanding online learning opportunities at its campuses, reports The Morning Sentinel.Students at Maine’s seven universities took 10 percent of their credit hours online during the 2009-09 school year. That is up from 7 percent in the 2008-09 school year and 6 percent in the 2006-07 school year. While Maine has experienced cuts in state aid and investments, the pool of college-age students is also shrinking, the Sentinel reported

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University of Maine System to Consider Expanding Online Learning – Heather Zimar, Online Transcript

“The world of education is the sector of the economy so far the least changed by technology,” Gates said. “Ten years from now, that won’t be the case, and these online lectures are the cutting edge of that.” Gates, 51, talked of the importance of improving the quality, quantity, and searchability of online lectures, which he noted his own children have used. Community colleges and other financially strapped schools might find online lectures to be the most cost-effective way to teach introductory courses such as Physics 101, Gates said.

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Gates: U.S. ed has no choice but to improve – eSchool News

England’s Birmingham City University is offering a complete master’s degree in social media, starting in September. The university’s School of Media tells students who enroll in the year-long, full-time course to expect outcomes such as learning how to “become a social media consultant (and understand what that means); develop innovative and alternative media projects; enhance your skills and contribute to the development of new professional practice in PR, marketing communications and Web design; continue to develop a scholarly interest in social media as part of a further research degree.”

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Twitter 101: Social Media’s Move to College Classrooms – Frances Tobin, Politics Daily

Some Southland schools are preparing to teach students at home, fearing a shortage of relief teachers could hurt the region if Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu takes hold. Verdon College principal Paul Olsen said the school had looked at delivering classes via its intranet, because it could not cope with many staff away ill with swine flu.Southland Boys’ High School rector Ian Baldwin said the relief teacher shortage was a concern but still proportionate to the number of teachers in Southland

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Schools plan for home tutoring – By MICHAEL FORBES, The Southland Times

Steve Peha, President of his own Education Consulting Company, Teaching That Makes Sense, submitted the following: No matter what gains we seem to make in education, the Achievement Gap still haunts us. If the Gap seems intractable, it’s primarily because of the way we perceive it as a single phenomenon applying broadly to large groups within our society

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Eliza Krigman responded to How Can We Close The Achievement Gap? on July 29, 2009 05:52 PM

In 1956 when I began teaching, I worked with a group of low income, minority 7th graders. Within that cohort, we built community and they were exposed to subjects and ideas not typically shared with students in their neighborhood, including financial literacy. This cohort continued to work together throughout their high school years and the students went on to reach their full potential

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Rep. Donald M. Payne responded to How Can We Close The Achievement Gap? on July 29, 2009 03:59 PM

We can better understand the new NAEP report on the persistent test score gap by examining it in combination with another study, also just released, that shows the cognitive gap well-established long before children enter school. Commissioned by the Council of Chief State School Officers and prepared by a research team at Child Trends, it is based on an analysis of a federal data set, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Birth Cohort (ECLS-B). Like NAEP, these data track a nationally representative sample of children, in this case infants born in 2001

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Richard Rothstein responded to How Can We Close The Achievement Gap? on July 27, 2009 01:38 PM

Gloria Ladson-Billings, former president of the American Educational Research Association, correctly re-named the "achievement gap" as the "educational debt." That is, the learning gaps by "race" and class exist due to deep-rooted, historical, wide-ranging differences in social and educational opportunities. The assumption that schools alone can solve the problem of differential inputs, processes and outcomes is dangerous because it ignores all the other social areas while consequently blaming schools for what they cannot do by themselves

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Monty Neill responded to How Can We Close The Achievement Gap? on July 27, 2009 01:17 PM

We have done a pretty good job of identifying and measuring the educational achievement gap in our country over the last 20 years. In fact, we can quantify the achievement gap from early childhood education and track it all the way through college completion. We can disaggregate our data and track our achievement gap by race/ethnicity and by family income.

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Deborah Santiago responded to How Can We Close The Achievement Gap? on July 27, 2009 09:13 AM

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There’s not doubt that Stan Lee is one of the most successful, talented, creative and beloved figures in comics around. His creations, including Spider-Man , The Fantastic Four , The X-Men and Iron Man, are among the most successful and well-known characters ever to grace the pages of comics and the silver screen. More recently, Lee has been hard at work on a new project with his partners at Disney, the multi-platform series Time Jumper , which will appear online and on portable devices

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