Resource Center
Reports
Fast Facts About Online Learning, International Association for K–12 Online Learning (iNACOL), March 2009.
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies, U.S. Department of Education, 2009.
Funding and Policy Frameworks for Online Learning, by John Watson and Butch Gemin, Evergreen Consulting Associates, iNACOL Promising Practices in Online Learning Series, July 2009.
Socialization in Online Programs, by John Watson and Butch Gemin, Evergreen Consulting Associates, iNACOL Promising Practices in Online Learning Series, September 2008.
A National Primer on K–12 Online Learning, by John F. Watson, Evergreen Consulting Associates, April 2007.
A Primer on Virtual Charter Schools: Mapping the Electronic Frontier (Issue Brief 10), by Gregg Vanourek, National Association of Charter School Authorizers, August 2006.
Authorizing Virtual Charter Schools: Rules of the Road on the Digital Highway (Issue Brief 11), by Gregg Vanourek, National Association of Charter School Authorizers, September 2006.
A Synthesis of New Research on K–12 Online Learning, by Drs. Rosina Smith, Tom Clark, and Robert Blomeyer, Learning Point Associates/North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, November 2005.
Online Teaching and Classroom Change: The Impact of Virtual High School on Its Teachers and Their Schools, Susan Lowes, Columbia University, 2005.
Toward a New Golden Age in American Education: How the Internet, the Law and Today's Students are Revolutionizing Expectations, National Education Technology Plan, 2004. (U.S. Department of Education, 2004.)
Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2002–03, National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education), March 2005. This major study of student and district participation in distance learning confirms that virtual schooling is more than a passing trend.
Providing Quality Choice Options in Education, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota, August 2005. Virtual schools are included along with charters, magnet schools, and dual enrollment programs as options for state policy-makers to consider.
Articles
“Virtual Learning: A 21st Century Imperative?” by Mickey Revenaugh, Inside ALEC, September 2009.
"Virtual Schools, Real Innovation," by Andrew Rotherham, originally published in The New York Times, April 7, 2006.
"The Virtual Revolution," by Randall Greenway and Gregg Vanourek, Education Next, Spring 2006.
"K–8 Virtual Schools: A Glimpse into the Future," by Mickey Revenaugh, Educational Leadership, Dec. 2005-Jan. 2006.
Issue Briefs
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