Educational Technology

August 7, 2016

Piedmont school system expanding online courses

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:35 am

By Patrick McCreless, The Anniston Star

Piedmont High is set to expand its online classes this school year — enough to cover nearly every course offered, giving students more flexibility, choice and the opportunity to finish school faster. Piedmont’s expansion comes as a state law takes effect that requires all Alabama school systems establish policies to offer some level of virtual school by the start of this school year. Now in its third year, Piedmont’s online program offers high school students virtual courses that they can take at school or at home with laptops provided by the system. “This year we’ve expanded to some general core classes,” said Superintendent Matt Akin. Akin said that with the expansion, the high school will offer all of its classes online except for college-credit AP courses and extracurricular classes like band.

http://www.annistonstar.com/news/education/piedmont-school-system-expanding-online-courses/article_2d72e2fa-59c8-11e6-aa56-470ac6b42ea1.html

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