The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in Colorado
- July 17, 2013
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iNACOL’s Susan Patrick Guides Colorado Online Leaders in Crafting Digital Learning Policy Roadmap0
- January 26, 2012
On Monday, January 23, nearly 50 Colorado online education leaders and policy experts gathered at the Independence Institute’s new Freedom Embassy to help craft a roadmap of digital learning policy priorities for the state. School district and charter school online program personnel attended alongside representatives of policy organizations. Co-sponsored by the Independence Institute and Donnell-Kay
READ MOREChoosing a Colorado Online School for Your Child0
- December 19, 2011
The use of the Internet as an education program delivery system has increased rapidly in Colorado in recent years. The first full-time Colorado public online program began in the Monte Vista School District in 1995. For the 2011-2012 school year, 22 full-time multi-district public online schools are certified to serve students statewide. Colorado students may choose from any of the statewide programs. Additionally, 24 full-time single-district online programs serve students who reside in a particular district.
READ MOREColorado Online Education: Fix the System0
- October 24, 2011
An investigative report and a requested legislative audit have shined a negative light on K-12 online education in Colorado. Michael Horn, executive director of education at the Innosight Institute, makes the case that students will benefit far more from updated funding, accountability and teacher policies than from an additional regulatory burden. Colorado can learn from recent changes made in Utah and from the new Nation’s Digital Learning Report Card that promote blended and full-time online learning options.
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Balancing Innovation, Accountability in Cyberschools0
- October 17, 2011
Technological advances are continually creating new opportunities to effectively educate Colorado’s K-12 students through online learning. Colorado needs to look forward in protecting an environment for innovation, while balancing needed accountability for cyberschool operators. As we take an honest look at the data and seek to find answers, let’s not turn back the clock on expanded educational opportunities.
READ MOREEffective Colorado Online K-12 Education? Change Policies Without More Regulation0
- October 17, 2011
Colorado’s education story of the month — the state of public online schools — merits a response. The discouraging news raised by Ed News Colorado’s three-part investigative series cannot be completely brushed aside, but a Denver Post op-ed by the Education Policy Center’s Pam Benigno provides needed context and a focus on genuine, equitable policy solutions that benefit students and support families’ ability to choose among excellent education options. The last thing online schools and students need is more onerous regulation.
READ MOREParents for Choice in Education's Robyn Bagley Discusses Utah's Digital Learning Law0
- July 15, 2011
On July 13, 2011, Parents for Choice in Education board chair Robyn Bagley shared with Colorado online educators, state officials and education experts a presentation about Utah’s groundbreaking, paradigm-shifting Senate Bill 65. With the passage of this 2011 law, her state became the first to turn the recommendations of the Digital Learning Council into a
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