Brian Bridges of the California Learning Resource Network (CLRN)  has published CLRN’s latest eLearning Census. The results are important not only for what they tell us about online and blended learning in California, but also as one of the very few rigorous efforts to track eLearning across any state. Key findings from the report include: [...]

Today’s post was written by guest author Sara Frank Bristow. As of March 2013, eligible Louisiana students now have the opportunity to select their own online and face-to-face courses from a wide range of private providers through the Course Choice program. Act 2(2012), presents a shift in direction for virtual schooling in Louisiana, whose Department [...]

The K-12 online and blended learning field is changing a great deal this year; we’ll have our work cut out for us with Keeping Pace 2013 research! Among the policies that have changed in a few states are online learning requirements. These changes have rendered parts of the Keeping Pace 2012 report outdated. The section [...]

In January 2010, Massachusetts passed a sweeping education law that allowed for virtual innovation schools for the first time. In fall 2010 the Massachusetts Virtual Academy (MAVA) at Greenfield became the first—and only—school that would open under the legislation. In December 2012, legislation passed that is designed to expand virtual schooling in Massachusetts (see our blog [...]

Facing History and Ourselves sponsored a breakfast meeting on “The Challenges and Opportunities of Turning Around School Culture” here in Denver this week. Dr. Rob Stein and Peter Sherman, two Colorado-based educators, spoke about their experiences in turning around struggling schools. Although we at Evergreen have not been involved in school turnarounds per se, in our [...]