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Why Is Public Education Being Outsourced to Online Charter Schools?
January 9, 2012 By webearner Leave a Comment
Virtual charter schools, which offer classes online instead of in a classroom, have become the fastest-growing segment of the charter school industry. And while data on their effectiveness is scarce, state legislators across the country are passing laws to expand cyber schools at the behest of privatization advocates and online education companies at an alarming rate, with little regulation.
The Associated Press reports that more than 200,000 kindergarten to 12th grade students are enrolled in full-time “virtual charter schools” in at least 40 states. That number soars to two million schoolchildren nationwide when one takes into account students who are enrolled in at least one course.
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District’s online enrollment process begins Jan. 3
January 3, 2012 By webearner Leave a Comment
The Natrona County School District will conduct its annual online school request process Jan. 3-31 at www.natronaschools.org. NCSD is an open enrollment district, meaning that parents may enroll their children in any school with available space, regardless of where in the county they live.
This process is designed to allow families to request their top three choices for schools for the 2012-13 school year. It’s targeted specifically at families who are new to the district, including those whose children are starting kindergarten, and those whose students are changing schools in 2012-13 (by the family’s choice or because a child is moving to middle or high school). Students who’re staying in the same school from this year to next school year don’t have to do anything; they will automatically have a place in their school for 2012-13.
Families of current students in kindergarten through 11th grade should have received detailed information on this process in the mail, including a catalog detailing all of the district’s schools and programs. They also should have received a separate letter providing them with a username and password for the school request process. When they visit www.natronaschools.org, they’ll be asked to enter their username and password, then they’ll be allowed to request three schools for their child. Families that have more than one child to enroll will need to complete the process separately for each child.
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