by Mary Stegmeir, Des Moines Register
Two Iowa school districts will launch online-only academies next fall, a development that Department of Education officials say highlights the need for expansion of virtual learning opportunities in the state. “(This proposal) addresses the diversity among Iowa school districts,” he said. “We have small, rural districts and large urban districts … and both will be able to offer courses that are now impossible (to offer) because of the limitations of the personnel that you need in a rural school.” The provision would allow the state to better “level the playing field for all school districts in the state,” Nagel said.
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