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Evergreen Education Group, 2017
The total number of students in the United States attending online and blended schools is unknown. A reasonable estimate is between one and two million students, or roughly 2-4% of all students in the country. More than half of all states allow online schools that draw students across district boundaries; perhaps 350,000 students attend these…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Blended Learning, Individualized Instruction, Preferences
Fulton, Kathleen P. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
A small school in southern Minnesota, strapped for funds and needing new math books and a fresh curriculum, flipped its classrooms and raised achievement and student engagement. The math teachers led and implemented the changes. Upon reflection, they found 10 good reasons educators should consider flipping their classroom. Among the most…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Curriculum Development, Small Schools, Mathematics Teachers
Archambault, Leanna; Diamond, Daryl; Brown, Regina; Cavanaugh, Cathy; Coffey, Marla; Foures-Aalbu, Denise; Richardson, Jared; Zygouris-Coe, Vassliki – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2010
The purpose of this issues brief was to obtain a better understanding of how online programs are dealing with students who have been identified as at-risk. The first section, "Strategies for Working with At-Risk Student Populations in Online Environments," documents a sampling of K-12 online programs currently working with at-risk…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Electronic Learning
Beem, Kate – School Administrator, 2010
As Internet technology encroached on the public school classroom about a decade ago, Kim Ross, superintendent of the Houston School District in Houston, Minnesota, saw an opportunity. At first, he and his administrative team simply wanted to offer students in the district of 1,300 access to more classes via the web than what a district that size…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Public Schools, Online Courses, School Districts