First, I received the alert for virtual schools, but there were no relevant items.
Next, I did not receive alert for cyber schools.
Finally, I also did not receive the alert for K-12 online learning.
So nothing to report this week.
First, I received the alert for virtual schools, but there were no relevant items.
Next, I did not receive alert for cyber schools.
Finally, I also did not receive the alert for K-12 online learning.
So nothing to report this week.
Beginning with the Education Dive.
A study finds high-poverty and high-minority school districts that spent more time in remote and hybrid instruction saw greater academic declines.
Next, the District Administration Daily Newsletter.
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How schools are using technology to turn challenges into opportunitiesAmanda Kocon, DA guest contributor From learning loss to teacher capacity, edtech can play an important role in the solutions. |
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Moving on to the different newsletters from Education Week.
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Also, the various newsletters from ASCD.
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Enrollment in virtual school is higher than it was before the coronavirus pandemic, but has waned from its peak during the pandemic, says Gary Miron, a professor with Western Michigan University’s Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology. While there are concerns about quality and cost, some students continue to perform better online than they did when learning in person.
Full Story: The Hechinger Report (5/23) |
Opinion: Free, online resources help build curriculum
Full Story: SmartBrief/Education (5/23)
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Ex-Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy charged with domestic battery – The Lawrence Times
Knox County Schools Virtual School Class of 2023 graduation ceremony in Knoxville
Lawrence school board to consider selling land to affordable housing group, paying contractor more
East Ridge High School Graduation 2023 – YouTube
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy, a virtual school, hosts memorable prom
Students From Idaho Virtual Academy and Insight Idaho To Be Celebrated with In … – Business Wire
Virtual Schools Market Research Report [2023-2030] | Global and Regional Forecast By 2030
School district to offer abundance of summer learning opportunities – SANIBEL-CAPTIVA – Island
Times for Tallahassee area High School Graduations. Congratulations, Class of 2023
Hillsborough public schools celebrate 2023 valedictorians, salutatorians – Tampa Bay Times
Ohio Connections Academy recognizes Norwalk student
Bishop Seabury Academy announces the Class of 2023 (Sponsored post)
Caps Off to Success: Osceola County High School Graduation Ceremonies for Class of …
Bill that reshapes FHSAA, high school sports signed into law by Gov. DeSantis – News4JAX
Most have given up virtual school, but what about students still thriving online?
VR classroom: revolutionizing education – TVP World
Virtual school grads celebrated at in-person ceremony – Palatka Daily News
This new, tuition-free school gives students an alternative pathway – CHStoday
Prank trashed NC high school — and principal gave students the keys, officials say
Virtual school grads celebrated at in-person ceremony | North Central Florida
Biden Administration Urges High Court to Reject Case on Legal Status of Charter Schools
Graduations in Bay County – WJHG
Service dog from Sheboygan nonprofit changes autistic girl’s life
Over 20 Big Rapids Virtual School seniors celebrate graduation
Class salutatorian of Cumberland Academy Virtual School to pursue finance degree
Holly Resmondo, student Brooklyn Kyzar discuss Baldwin County Virtual School – FOX10 News
Holly Resmondo, student Brooklyn Kyzar discuss Baldwin County Virtual School – FOX10 News
Holly Resmondo, student Brooklyn Kyzar discuss Baldwin County Virtual School – KWCH
Easthampton union: Schools illegally using contracted behavior technicians over in-house staff
Hudson to remain US interim coach through CONCACAF Gold Cup – USA Today
Pine Bluff High School students to get ‘Effective’ book – The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The best and brightest: Meet Brevard County’s Top Scholars Class of 2023 – Florida Today
Logi Dock Flex: Better Desk Booking – YouTube
U.K. virtual school takes education into the metaverse | CBC.ca
U.K. virtual school takes education into the metaverse – Yahoo News Canada
West Virginia Virtual Academy, Pierpont Community and Technical College … – Business Wire
Virtual Schools Market Size Report Predicts Healthy Growth with Demand & Forecasts by 2028
Tennessee judge: Parents at school can try to keep shooter’s writings secret – Big Rapids Pioneer
Congratulations to all our high school graduates! – Rutherford County Schools
Alert: The Florida Panthers advance to the Stanley Cup Final, sweeping the … – Big Rapids Pioneer
‘Finishing strong’: Calera High School celebrates class of 2023 graduates
Editorial: Cyber schools deserve equal funding – Detroit News
West Virginia Virtual Academy, Pierpont Community and Technical College Collaborate to …
Virtual classrooms offer tangible benefits
Reducing funding to online schools hurts local kids in Michigan. – Detroit News
Schools and Learning in an AI-Enabled World – Yahoo Finance
VIDEO: Aki Kurose Middle School shifting to online learning after measles case
Virtual School Inclusion Officer job with Essex County Council | 170792 – LocalGov Jobs
Governor gets charter school legislation, education rules – Tulsa World
Iowa Connections Academy announces 2023 Southeast Iowa graduates | The Hawk Eye
Himsel named VCSC superintendent | WIBQ The Talk Station | 1230, 1440, 97.9 Terre Haute, IN
Jefferson High School commencement ceremony celebrates seniors’ hard work, dedication
Shelby County lags in children’s well-being, data shows – Daily Memphian
Finally, the Google News alert for cyber school.
IU8 adapts to maintain support for area schools | News, Sports, Jobs – Altoona Mirror
MMB Cyber School organises workshop at Ruzhukhrie School-May 22 – Eastern Mirror
Media literacy workshop equips students in Kohima | MorungExpress
Cyber School Market 2031 Growth Drivers along with Top Brands K12 Inc … – Indian Crunch
Cyber school success formula: 17 grads = $3.6M + 31 ACT – Yellowhammer News
Shamokin Area School Board OKs preliminary budget containing $3.69 million deficient
Cyber school success formula: 17 grads = $3.6M + 31 ACT | Alabama Mountains
Pennsylvania State Police | For the Record | theclarionnews.com
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So this item scrolled through my inbox from Education Dive
Justice Dept asks Supreme Court not to hear North Carolina charter school case
The case raises the question of whether a private nonprofit authorized by the state to operate a public charter school is subject to federal requirements.
This is just another example of a private company that is directly or indirectly operating a public school arguing in court that it is not a public entity and therefore doesn’t have to follow the same rules and regulations that all other public schools have to follow.
If you do a quick search on the question “are charter schools public schools?” you’ll find a slew of school choice and charter school organizations and proponents that make the claim that charter schools are indeed public schools. However, as we have seen in case after case, the companies that operate so many of these charter schools (and the vast majority of cyber charter schools based on student attendance), the companies have argued that they are not public schools and don’t have to disclose information or don’t have to follow certain regulations (and often these regulations are around providing services to students).
So give us your public money, but don’t you dare hold us to the same standards as public schools… At least that would be more intellectually honest than the “a charter school is a public school” line that you see littered all over their marketing and promotion!
First, the alert for virtual schools.
1. TI- PreKindergarten and kindergarten virtual school programs under COVID‐19: A two‐case comparative study.
AU- Hu, Zhan1 Email Address: zhan.hu@simmons.edu
AU- Lu, Wenqing1
JN- Proceedings of the Association for Information Science & Technology
PD- Oct2020, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p1-4
PG- 4p
DT- 20201001
PT- Article
AB- This case study aims to explore and compare two cases of virtual school programs, one asynchronized and one synchronized, regarding their pedagogical design and operationalization. The authors collected data from observations of learning activities and analyses of teaching materials. A comparison was drawn on the benefits and drawbacks of two teaching modes, and the strategies the instructors use to address the limitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
AB- Copyright of Proceedings of the Association for Information Science & Technology is the property of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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DE- COVID-19 pandemic
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SU- Preschool education
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KW- early learning
KW- teaching methods
AD- 1COCIS, Simmons University, Boston Massachusetts, USA
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DI- 10.1002/pra2.338
AN- 146607550
2. TI- The Picture Book That Made It Despite the Pandemic.
AU- Ramadan, Danny Email Address: hello@dannyramadan.com
JN- Knowledge Quest
PD- Mar/Apr2023, Vol. 51 Issue 4, p46-48
PG- 3p
DT- 20230301
PT- Article
AB- The author tells about his children’s picture book “Salma the Syrian Chef,” which was published despite the COVID-19 pandemic. He recalls being devastated after a lockdown was announced in Canada in the same week as the book was released that resulted to cancellation of events and school shutdowns. He describes his experience of reading from the book and answering questions from students during a virtual school visit upon the invitation of a school librarian.
DE- Picture books
DE- Picture books for children
SU- Refugee children
IS- 10949046
AN- 163319620
3. TI- Factors influencing student academic performance in online high school algebra.
AU- Liu, Feng 1 martinlf@ufl.edu
AU- Cavanaugh, Cathy 1
JN- Open Learning
PD- Jun2012, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p149-167
PG- 19p
IL- 4 Charts
DT- 20120601
PT- Article
AB- This paper describes the effect of teacher comments, students’ demographic information and learning management system utilisation on student final scores in algebra courses in a K–12 virtual learning environment. Students taking algebra courses in a state virtual school in the Midwestern US region during 2007–2008 participated in this study. Student final scores on these courses were collected using tests administered at the end of semester in the virtual school courses. The hierarchical linear modelling technique was used for data analysis to account for the influence of school characteristics on student final scores. The results show these factors have different influences on student final scores in different algebra courses. The discussion of the findings addresses the implications for teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
AB- Copyright of Open Learning is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
DE- Teaching
SU- Virtual schools
SU- Algebra education
SU- Curriculum
SU- Academic achievement
GE- United States
KW- learning management systems
KW- virtual learning
AD- 1 School of Teaching and Learning, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
FT- 6636
IS- 02680513
DI- 10.1080/02680513.2012.678613
AN- 74751031
4. TI- Even! But No Longer Odd
AU- Ramaswami, Rama
SO- T.H.E. Journal, v36 n5 p38-44 May 2009
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PT- Report
SU- Traditional Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Academic Achievement; Online Courses; Educational Technology; Leadership; Public Education; Technological Advancement; Technology Uses in Education; Electronic Learning; Virtual Classrooms
GE- New Mexico; Pennsylvania; Wisconsin
SU- Elementary Secondary Education
AB- With hundreds of K-12 schools routinely offering online courses, the idea of a full-time virtual school is no longer as outlandish as it once may have seemed. Thanks to giant improvements in technology and the quality of their academic instruction, most virtual schools now hold a trump card they had not possessed: credibility. “There were many questions five years ago and not enough experience with online learning in the K-12 arena,” says Dawn Nordine, director of instructional technology services for Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) 9 in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, who also serves as the director of Wisconsin Virtual School. “I think there was doubt as to the academic progress a student could achieve online and the quality of the experience.” “There used to be a lot of the same concerns with traditional schools as well,” says Susan Patrick, president and CEO of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), a nonprofit group, and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the US Department of Education. Whatever skepticism lingers is being put to rest by early research that affirms the value of online instruction–and the value of the students receiving it. “All of the preliminary data,” Patrick says, “shows that virtual school students are equal to or better than students in traditional schools.” “As with many innovations, it has taken some time for best practices to emerge and quality-assurance mechanisms to be put in place,” Timothy Snyder, executive director of Innovative Digital Education and Learning-New Mexico (IDEAL-NM), a public education program, says, “Those practices and mechanisms are now largely in place.” And they have made all the difference to the value and rigor of online instruction, Snyder believes. “The look, feel, and overall quality of today’s online courses are far beyond those that existed even five years ago.” Even as entrenched as virtual schools have become, Patrick says some old biases remain. “There are still people in leadership positions in education who say, ‘I don’t understand how students can be successful when they don’t have a teacher teaching them.’ There “is” a teacher teaching them–a faculty member who is trained to teach online who is teaching the child in a new way. There are not people who are actively against online learning. They just don’t know what it is.”
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Next, I did not receive alert for cyber schools.
Finally, I also did not receive the alert for K-12 online learning.
Beginning with the Education Dive.
Learn how schools across the U.S. are using personalized approaches to address pandemic learning losses and improve behavior management strategies in this Trendline.
Next, the District Administration Daily Newsletter.
The global K12 education market will generate $525.7 billion in revenue by 2031, with North America the most lucrative region due to “massive spending” on edtech, the latest report from Research Dive finds.
Sponsored Content |
Reduce Learning Loss and Close the Learning Gap this SummerSponsored by Pearson |
Sponsored by RUCKUS Networks
In this 20-minute DA Ed Talk, learn how new enhancements to wi-fi networks can better support digital teaching, learning and collaboration, how cloud-based analytics and AI will transform IT infrastructure in K-12, and the essential capabilities and features needed to ensure your network is ready to meet the demands of the future.
Register now >>
Moving on to the different newsletters from Education Week.
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Similarly, the eSchool News.
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Also, the various newsletters from ASCD.
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Learning loss associated with the coronavirus pandemic was driven more by factors within the school and school district than students’ circumstances at home, according to a study by researchers at Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, and Johns Hopkins universities. The study found, for example, that in the average school district, learning losses were about the same among white and affluent students as they were for Black and Hispanic students.
Full Story: Chalkbeat (5/12) |
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A public charter school network in California is working to overcome a teacher shortage by enlisting credentialed Coursemojo educators, who teach virtual classes. The educators primarily teach math and science courses.
Full Story: San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) (tiered subscription model) (5/14) |
Full Story: Government Technology (5/17)
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Back to the regular Google News alert for virtual school.
Guest editorial: School choice needs testing in South Carolina – Post and Courier
Bronaugh School Board approves budget and safety measures at regular meeting
Logitech Project Ghost: Video conferencing turned up to 11 – TechRadar
2023 Palm Beach Virtual School Graduation (Video) | Southeast Florida
Rochester Public School’s virtual option, RPS Online, faced unique challenges during recent …
Rochester Public School’s virtual option, RPS Online, faced unique challenges … – Yahoo News
Bradley County Virtual School marks 100% graduation rate | The Cleveland Daily Banner
2023 high school graduation dates scheduled for MSCS – Action News 5
Celebrating Our 2022-2023 Editorial Board | The Regulatory Review
Mandy and Mabel show Coventry’s new ways of helping young people in care
Celebrate National Numeracy Day with free maths games, events and jokes from Alexa
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month through books – TMJ4
Winners and losers of Missouri’s 2023 legislative session • Missouri Independent
Delhi Model Virtual School Class 9 admission registration begins – Connect Gujarat
METRO Offering K-12 Students, College Students FREE Rides for the Summer – Aldine ISD
STAY SAFE FOR THE SUMMER: A RICHLAND 2 SAFETY SUMMIT
Discover the Largest High School in Florida (And Notable Alums) – AZ Animals
First ever results of DBSE declared – New Delhi Times – India Only International Newspaper
Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology spring and summer events programme
Virtual school remains popular for some families – WNEP
Fairfax County NAACP Virtual School Board Candidate Forum
Fairfax County NAACP Virtual School Board Candidate Forum – The Connection Newspapers
DeSantis signs bills on pronouns, gender care, drag shows and more – Tampa Bay Times
May 22 | Preschool Admissions Virtual Fair | Washington Heights, NY Patch
Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Sweeping Legislation to Protect the Innocence of Florida’s Children
District names Top Scholars, honors student excellence – Palatka Daily News
Charles school system calendar survey gives mixed results | Local News | somdnews.com
Knox County graduations set, here’s how to watch – WVLT
DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, pronouns, bathroom use and transgender children | WPMI
San Diego Unified Abruptly Closes Virtual School iHigh to Middle and High Schoolers
BCBE closing virtual school with no option to replace | News | lagniappemobile.com
After going back into classrooms post-pandemic, two Salinas school districts and hundreds …
New law makes changes to high school sports in Florida and allows prayer before games
Central Manor student places second in national drawing contest
Here’s when Central Florida high school graduations happen – WFTV
Governor Signs Bill Outlawing Sex Change Surgeries and Puberty Blocker Meds for Minors
Florida News That Impacts You – May 18th, 2023 | 1290 WJNO | The Brian Mudd Show
LCHS Board of Ed Monthly Meeting held – Lewis County Herald
Pecos Cyber Academy is enrolling kids for the 2023-2024 school year | KRQE News 13
Tacoma teacher claims she wasn’t offered this job because of her age, race and sex – Yahoo
New code of conduct means school officials can look through student’s phone without a warrant
MSCS student wins grant to help fund startup business – Action News 5
Students from five area schools receive Elks Lodge scholarships – Big Rapids Pioneer
Big teacher pay raise proposed for Baton Rouge schools | Education | theadvocate.com
When does the Lee County School District 2023 school year end? Here’s what you need to know.
South Bend seniors take part in ‘Graduation Walks’ at former schools – WNDU
Hub a boost for VCE students – Gippsland Times
Makeup Tools Market Insights-Industry changing aspects, New Technologies and Forecast to 2025
Finally, the Google News alert for cyber school.
Mount Carmel Area School Board approves preliminary budget with 1-mill tax increase
Blooming Leadership | Staff/Guest Columns | gettysburgtimes.com
At Michigan cyber schools, fears grow aid cut would hurt at-risk students – Detroit News
State Senate Proposes 80 Percent Cut to Cyber Schools’ Budget | The Michigan Chronicle
Cyber expenses blamed for rise in Union taxes | News | thecourierexpress.com
The Amazing Miss Anderson – Galway Advertiser
Profitable Strategic Report on Cyber School Market 2023-2030 Developing … – Digital Journal
New tax cuts, recovering car sales: 7 big things playing into Michigan’s revenue
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