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As stated in May 4, 2010, PARADE, "more than 175,000 students in 25 states are going to class by turning on a computer...If current trends continue, half of all high school courses will be taught on the web in 10 years."
Nationally, the number of K-12 students taking online courses rose to more than a million public school students during the 2007-08 school year, a 47 percent increase from the previous year. Source: Sloan Consortium – www.edweek.org/go/tc09
As described in the following articles, online Learning expands educational opportunities and provides equal opportunities for all learners.
http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf - United States Department of Education’s 2009 research: Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning - A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies.
http://www.ncrel.org/tech/distance/k12distance.pdf - NCREL/Learning Point Associates Meta-Analysis Study on The Effects of Distance Learning on K-12 Learning Outcomes.
http://www.inacol.org/ - Information and research from INACOL – International Society for K-12 Online Learning.
http://www.sreb.org/programs/edtech/OnlineLearning/learningresearch.asp - Southern Regional Education Board’s Research on Online Learning.
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/education-articles/benefits-of-online-learning.htm - Benefits of online Learning.
http://www.kpk12.com/ - Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning: An Annual Review of State Level Policy and Practice.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/study-finds-that-online-education-beats-the-classroom/?emc=eta1 - Study Finds That Online Education Beats The Classroom
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