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Sunday, August 21, 2005
North Carolina electronic state high school offers flexibility - PETER SMOLOWITZ, Charlotte Observer
The State Board of Education wants to launch a virtual high school in 2006 that would offer Web-based classes and other electronic courses to all N.C. public school students. Courses would be aimed at a range of kids, from honors students seeking a challenge to those who are sick or pregnant and need flexible schedules. The board is expected to approve plans Thursday to study issues, such as how to combine existing classes, create standards, train teachers and find money. In time, officials hope the school will expand to serve students from college all the way down to today's increasingly tech savvy preschoolers. Students would get degrees from their local districts, not the virtual school. "It's way past the time when we thought the only way a kid in this state could learn is to catch a school bus and sit in a building," said Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, who chairs North Carolina's Business Education Technology Alliance.
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