The AP (7/22) reports that the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education "voted Wednesday to cap enrollment for online schools at 500 students and require that 25 percent of those students live in the district operating the school."
Tom Vander Ark of EdReformer.com writes in The Huffington Post (7/22) that the nation is facing "two very difficult challenges simultaneously--high standards and a fiscal crisis." Noting the decision made by Massachusetts education officials restricting virtual school enrollment, he asserts that "protecting old ways of doing business is exactly the wrong thing to do." Instead, "States should be encouraging innovation and investment particularly in areas likely to reach disengaged students." According to Vander Ark, "anyone can learn anything, anytime, anywhere -- except where bureaucrats get in the way." Nevertheless, he says, online learning, "whether at school or at home, is an unstoppable force."
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