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Report: Half of High School Classes Could Be Online by 2019
And momentum is building. At present, some 25 states in the United States now offer courses online for high school students. "In 2006-07, one-third of high school seniors in Utah took a class online through the state's Electronic High School last year; 52,000 students were served by the Florida Virtual School, and 4,600 students were enrolled in the Georgia Virtual School," according to the researchers.
The complete findings and commentary will be available online at the Education Next Web site here.
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