Monday, September 21, 2009

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More from Northfield Community School:--
■As of September 2006, 38 states have state-led online learning programs, significant policies enabling online education, or both, with an estimated growth of 25% annually.


■In 2002-2003, there were 328,000 distance education enrollments in K-12 public schools (US Department of Education National Center of Education Statistics).

■The Peak Group estimated 2005 online enrollments of 500,000, and projects 1 million online enrollments in 2006.

■There are 147 virtual charter schools with more than 65,000 students in 18 states.

■72% of school districts with distance education programs planned to expand their online offerings.

■In April 2006, Michigan became first state to require online learning for high school graduation.

http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=1304