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Luckeydoo, Wally T. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The research examined the perceptions of high school teachers on their relationships with students in a remote virtual school setting. Teacher-student relationships are at the heart of the education system. There is minimal research about the teacher-student relationship in the remote virtual environment. This case study provides perspectives and…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Virtual Schools
Jennifer Holt – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Virtual education has been steadily growing since the late 1990s. Early research was primarily focused on the comparative studies between brick-and-mortar schools and virtual or hybrid schools. While the research over the past two decades has grown substantially and now includes broader topics such as for whom virtual education seems to work well…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning, Virtual Schools, Blended Learning
Emily Shank; Hengtao Tang; William Morris – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
With continued growth in online learning, motivation remains a key factor in persistence and achievement. Online mathematics students struggle with self-regulation and self-efficacy. As reported by Ryan and Deci (Self-determination theory: basic psychological needs in motivation, development, and wellness, Guilford Press, 2017,…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Virtual Schools, Online Courses, Distance Education
Kenesta T. Mack – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Each year, millions of students with disabilities receive special education services. The development of an individual education program (IEP) is an important function in determining what services are provided. The IEP is the product of a collaborative effort between stakeholders, including the student (Barnard-Brak & Lechtenberger, 2010).…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Individualized Education Programs, Student Participation
Amy C. Mcconnell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Online school systems and school administrators do not place enough emphasis on the mental health and well-being of their teachers. Mental health and well-being influence the efficacy of teachers' instruction and the relationships they have with students. Educational success depends on the excellence of its teachers, and schools must intentionally…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Mental Health, Well Being
Read, Stuart; Parfitt, Anne; Macer, Mel – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
In England, Pupil Premium Plus is additional funding to help address the educational attainment gap experienced by looked after children. This paper explores the experiences of virtual school heads and designated teachers (n = 140) as they access Pupil Premium Plus-related information, guidance and training to support their practice; navigate the…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Educational Attainment
Joshua J. Ziatyk – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Cyber charter schools continue to emerge and bring new opportunities for individualized learning to students and families, and at the same time, have a financial impact on the home school they left. However, some students return to their home school after trying cyber charter options. This study explored what motivated students to leave their home…
Descriptors: High Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Student Mobility
Jennifer L. Wilkinson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem addressed in this study was the high dropout rate and the resulting low graduation rate in alternative virtual school settings. This quantitative correlational case study examined the influence of three instructional modalities on students' credit accrual and graduation rates in one alternative education virtual high school. The three…
Descriptors: High School Students, Credits, Graduation Rate, Electronic Learning
Virtual Charter Students Have Worse Labor Market Outcomes as Young Adults. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-773
Paul Y. Yoo; Thurston Domina; Andrew McEachin; Leah Clark; Hannah Hertenstein; Andrew M. Penner – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Virtual charter schools are increasingly popular, yet there is no research on the long-term outcomes of virtual charter students. We link statewide education records from Oregon with earnings information from IRS records housed at the US Census Bureau to provide evidence on how virtual charter students fare as young adults. Virtual charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Virtual Schools, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
Corry, Michael; Dardick, William R.; Reichenberg, Ray E. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2021
Research suggests that teacher self-efficacy shares a relationship with student achievement. This relationship has mostly been examined in face-to-face contexts and it remains to be seen how that relationship translates to online settings. Furthermore, it is unclear whether the methods and instruments used to measure teacher self-efficacy in…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Virtual Schools
Caren Cornell Geiger – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The problem investigated in this quantitative, causal-comparative study is that it was unclear and there was a need to examine, what, if any, statistically significant difference exists in the success between fifth, sixth, and seventh-year cohort high school students (super-seniors) in virtual charter schools in Oregon using standards-based…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Charter Schools, Virtual Schools, Academic Standards
Alan Gottlieb – Education Next, 2024
In the ever-shifting world of school choice, what began as a homegrown charter-school network's small experiment in microschooling stands out as unique -- and as a uniquely promising model for replication. Gem Prep, a network of seven brick-and-mortar K-12 charter schools in Idaho, anchored by a longstanding and high-performing online school,…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Success, Charter Schools, School Choice
Julie A. Marsh; James Bridgeforth; Laura Mulfinger; Desiree O’Neal; Tong Tong – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2024
Since the peak of the pandemic in 2020, enrollment in virtual schools has steadily increased, with virtual schools now accounting for approximately 1.4% of the nation's public school students. While the effects of the pandemic on student achievement and mental health have been extensively studied, research has yet to thoroughly examine the impact…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Virtual Schools, Distance Education
Julie Marsh; James Bridgeforth; Laura Mulfinger; Desiree O’Neal; Tong Tong – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2024
In this paper, the authors draw on evolutionary theories of change and qualitative data from 2019-2022, to explore the impact of the pandemic on K-12 virtual education in a state with a long history of virtual schooling by asking: "How has the ongoing COVID pandemic influenced virtual schooling in Oregon?" A virtual school in this study…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Virtual Schools, Distance Education
Binnie J. King – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenology was to discover the essence of Christian "paideia" for career classical Christian educators who make daily curricular decisions at a classical Christian online academy that serves a 2nd-12th grade international student body. A qualitative research design was used to gather data on the…
Descriptors: Christianity, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, Religious Education