A report of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) reveals that thirty eight
percent of public high schools offered distance-education courses and thirty
six percent of U.S. school districts that is 5,500 out of 15,040 had students
signed up for distance-education programs during the 2002-03 school year.
The report also revealed the enrollment of 328,000 students in 8,200 public
schools for distance-education courses.
North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) added 157 new online
educational programs in 42 states in its database which included 53 public,
non-charter virtual school programs, free online education programs, and
32 virtual charter schools.
"Explosive growth in the availability of online instruction and
virtual schools ... we may well be on our way to a new golden
age in American education. Virtual schools have arrived--and
with them, a host of challenges to our notions about school
and schooling."
A prediction of the DOE’s 2004 National Education Technology Plan
Keeping the importance and an ever increasing trend of education online in consideration, this website intends to provide a one-stop informational place for all your online education information requirements.
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