Schools Turning To "Blended Learning" To Cope With Budget Cuts

NPR's "All Things Considered" (6/23) reports that as districts facing budget constraints cut staff, many "are looking at ways to save money and improve instruction at the same time. The answer for some schools: blended learning, which is part computer lesson, part classroom instruction." The piece profiles Los Angeles's KIPP Empower Academy, which had to raise class sizes after state budget cuts, and "turned to computers" to help mitigate the losses. Audio of this story can be heard here.