It’s Not a Matter of Time: Highlights from the 2011 Competency-Based Summit
From Anchorage, Alaska, to Orlando, Florida, and from Gray, Maine, to Yuma, Arizona, one hundred competency-based innovators…
K-12 Online Learning: A Smart Investment NOW More than Ever
In times of great economic challenge, citizens look to policymakers for solutions that lay the foundation for…
Clearing the Path: Creating Innovation Space for Serving Over-Age, Under-Credited Students in Competency-Based Pathways
This report provides guidance on creating competency-based approaches for over-age, under-credited students that have fallen off the…
State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada (2010)
In classrooms across Canada, the proliferation of online resources has rapidly changed the learning environment. Building on…
Lessons Learned from Virtual Schools: Experiences and Recommendations from the Field
No two virtual schools are alike. There is vast complexity and uniqueness in what these virtual schools…
A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning (2nd Edition)
Due to the fast pace of change in the K-12 online learning field, many of the issues…
When Success is the Only Option: Designing Competency-Based Pathways for Next Generation Learning
This paper provides an introduction to competency-based pathways, a necessary condition to realizing the potential of next…
Goals, Guidelines and Standards for Student Scientific Investigations
This publication provides a set of quality guidelines for developing and evaluating student scientific investigations, through both…
An Exploration of At-Risk Learners and Online Education
This issues brief analyzes how online programs deal with at-risk students. First, the authors document a sampling…
Promising Practices in Online Learning: A Parent’s Guide to Choosing the Right Online Program
This guide assists parents in understanding what online learning is and in selecting the right online school,…