ED Awards University Of Kansas Grant To Study Disabled Online Learning

The Topeka Capital-Journal (11/1) reports, "Researchers at The University of Kansas' Center for Research on Learning have landed a five-year $7.5 million grant from the US Department of Education to find out whether online learning is working for students with disabilities and to develop new methods of using technology to improve learning, the university said in a news release Monday." The piece notes that there is "little research" on virtual schools, they are "gaining popularity at a rapid rate. ... The KU researchers are interested in finding out what is happening in online education throughout the country, what methods are working and if students, teachers and parents are getting the most from it, as well as virtual schools, which have become an attractive alternative for parents whose children struggle to learn in traditional brick-and-mortar schools."