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Part VII: Student Mobility in Ohio E-Schools
This blog post was co-authored by Padmini Jambulapati and Erin Dillon. Part VII of a new blog series exploring data from Ohio e-schools. While online learning is still new to the vast majority of K-12...
View ArticleLaura Johnson’s Unhappy Online Learning Journey
Amidst all of the reporting in Education News Colorado’s excellent three-part investigative series on Colorado’s largest full-time online learning programs, it was Laura Johnson’s story that struck me:...
View ArticleReview of New Fordham Digital Learning Papers
Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction and School Finance in the Digital-Learning Era, two new working papers in the Fordham Institute’s series on digital learning, are welcome additions to the...
View ArticleCatching Up on Recent Digital Learning Reports
In addition to the new Fordham reports that I reviewed yesterday, here’s what I’ve been reading/thinking about: Given the recent spate of stories and reports, both policymakers and educators are likely...
View ArticleWhy Stanford Online High School Matters (and two ways it could matter more)
Sunday’s New York Times story broke the news that Stanford University, one of the world’s most prestigious research institutions, is putting its brand squarely behind a full-time, degree-granting...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Economics of Online Learning
The Costs of Online Learning, the latest in Fordham’s digital learning policy series, tackles the tricky question of per-pupil spending. And while the paper cannot offer definitive answers for...
View ArticleInspecting the Inspectorate: Why Not Start with Online Schools?
Editor’s Note: Last week, Education Sector released On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service, which outlines how school inspections have become part of the accountability system in England. Would...
View ArticleInspecting the Inspectorate: Four Tricky Issues for an Online Schools...
Editor’s Note: Last week, Education Sector released On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service, which outlines how school inspections have become part of the accountability system in England. Would...
View ArticleQuick Hits (8.15.13)
Summer food gap. During the school year, 21.4 million students receive free lunches, but during the summer that number drops down to 3.5 million. The challenge is figuring out where the kids are and...
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