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Promising Practices Brief: Improving Student Engagement and Attendance During COVID-19 School Closures
ReportsInsight Policy Research and American Institutes for Research01 Jul, 2020
This promising practices brief explores the limited research on monitoring and promoting attendance and engagement during online learning and summarizes the practices used by a small sample… Read more
Financial Responsibility, Governance, and Student Outcomes of Virtual Charter Schools
ReportsNew Mexico Legislative Finance Committee01 Dec, 2017
This evaluation report reviews student academic achievement and growth, funding and expenditures, and authorization and governance of New Mexico virtual schools.

Enrollment and Achievement in Ohio's Virtual Charter Schools
ReportsJune Ahn, Ph.D.; Thomas B. Fordham Institute02 Aug, 2016
This Fordham study, conducted by learning technology researcher June Ahn from NYU, dives into one of the most promising—and contentious—issues in education today: virtual schools. What type… Read more

A Call to Action to Improve the Quality of Full-Time Virtual Charter Public Schools
ReportsNational Alliance for Public Charter Schools16 Jun, 2016
Currently, more than 180,000 students attend 135 full-time virtual charter schools in 23 states and the District of Columbia. While some students do well in a full-time virtual charter… Read more

Growing Movement: America’s Largest Charter School Communities
ReportsNational Alliance for Public Charter Schools10 Nov, 2015
In this report, the National Alliance collected public school enrollment data for the 2014– 15 school year to identify communities across the country where the highest proportions of… Read more

The Policy Framework for Online Charter Schools
Reports Center on Reinventing Public Education01 Oct, 2015
The National Study of Online Charter Schools offers a rigorous analysis of the operations of online charter schools, their policy environments, and their impacts on student achievement. The… Read more

Online Charter School Study 2015
ReportsCREDO21 Oct, 2015
The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), Mathematica Policy Research, and the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) have undertaken a collection of studies to… Read more
A Parent’s Guide to Choosing the Right Online Program
ReportsJohn Watson and Butch Gemin, Evergreen Education Group, and Marla Coffey01 Feb, 2010
This guide assists parents in understanding what online learning is and in selecting the right online school, program, or course for their children. As part of the Promising Practices … Read more

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant Opportunities
AnnouncementsBill & Melinda Gates Foundation01 Jan, 1970
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation do all of their work in collaboration with grantees and other partners, who join with them in taking risks, pushing for new solutions, and harnessing… Read more

Inside Online Charter Schools
ReportsBrian Gill, Lucas Walsh, Claire Smither Wulsin, Holly Matulewicz, Veronica Severn, Eric Grau, Amanda Lee, and Tess Kerwin (Mathematica Policy Research)27 Oct, 2015
Online charter schools—also known as virtual charters or cyber charters—are publicly funded schools of choice that deliver student instruction via telecommunications. Today, about 200… Read more