Online Learning Update

January 15, 2017

Why online learning works for these Indiana kids

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:02 am

BY SHAINA CAVAZOS, Chalkbeat

Online schools offer opportunities that can be life-changing for children who need flexible learning, even though the schools have broadly demonstrated a poor track record in Indiana so far. Indiana Connections Academy, along with every online school in the state that tested students in 2016, received an F grade from the state last month. But the Neiers and Taylors, who have been with Indiana Connections Academy since it opened in 2010, are happy with their choice. They said the self-paced nature of virtual learning, the lack of social distractions and the ability to learn anytime, anywhere, have given their kids the environment they need to be successful. The families — who are from Franklin and related — learned about virtual schooling when Stephanie Neier, a mother of five, enrolled her kids after hearing rave reviews of Connections Academy from a friend. Her oldest son has autism, and traditional high school wasn’t working for him, she said.

http://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/in/2017/01/03/why-online-learning-works-for-these-indiana-kids/

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