Educational Technology

September 11, 2013

Online Learning Makes Quality Education “A Click Away” for Underserved Students, Parents

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:29 am

by Newsday

Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation released a policy brief explaining the exciting new frontier that virtual schools provide in the struggle for economic freedom. “Thanks to the Internet, a quality education is a click away for thousands of students who were previously unsatisfied with their brick-and-mortar public school,” AFP Foundation Policy Analyst Casey Given explains in the report. Since virtual schools aren’t bound by enrollment caps and geographic location like brick-and-mortar schools, Given argues that they have unprecedented potential to extend educational choice to every student with an Internet connection. The policy brief then explains the history of online learning, its various forms, and its contemporary challenges.

http://www.newsday.com/business/new-afpf-brief-online-learning-makes-quality-education-a-click-away-for-underserved-students-parents-1.6025134

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