by Michael Horn, the Yorktown Patriot
Ever since the creation of the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) in 1997, Florida has been among the nation’s leaders in the fast-growing online learning movement. From humble origins serving 77 students with a start-up $200,000 Florida Department of Education “Break the Mold” grant, FLVS grew to serve more than 70,000 students in the 2008-2009 school year. FLVS is not the only online learning provider serving Florida students. Several others provide a variety of offerings in a variety of arrangements. In part because of 2008 legislation mandating that every school district must provide students with an online learning option, Florida districts have entered into contracts with online learning providers of every stripe to help them with home-schooled students, credit-recovery options, dropout-recovery programs, and advanced courses, to name a few.
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