North Carolina’s SB8 (2011) significantly revised charter school law, but it did not specifically address the creation and operation of virtual charter schools. After more than a year of controversy and confusion, the North Carolina State Board of Education (SBE) approved policy  on the procedures and operation of virtual charter schools (115C-238.29A). In January, the […]

While online and blended learning have become increasingly common across most of the United States, the middle Atlantic and northeastern states have been somewhat of an exception. Although a few online programs, such as Virtual High School Global Consortium, serve students in these states, there are not as many online options as in other parts […]