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New Dads More Engaged At Home And Online According To Onlineschools.Com Infographic

May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

According to a survey by The Parenting Group, a majority of fathers believe an “anti-dad” bias exists in society today. However, an infographic from OnlineSchools.com shows how new fathers are breaking down stereotypes when it comes to parenting, home life and even sharing online.

OnlineSchools.com, a digital resource for online education from kindergarten to graduate school, recently launched an infographic highlighting how today’s newest dads are taking on more parenting and domestic duties than their predecessors. “Proud Papas” also charts how the most recent of America’s estimated 67.8 million fathers are transforming the online social space.

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Volusia school officials look at cutting about 225 teaching positions

April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

While the state gave more funding for virtual school enrollment, for example, less funding was given for instructional materials, he said. Moll noted there won’t be any lottery dollars at all for budget purposes this year because they are going to Bright Futures scholarships for college students and for school recognition, funding provided to schools based on standardized testing scores.

The school district also received about $40 million in federal stimulus dollars over two years, Smith has said, but that ended last fiscal year. The district then used reserve dollars to make up for the loss of the federal funding to maintain jobs in the classrooms.

There aren’t enough funds left in the reserve to take any for the coming school year, Smith has said, because the board’s policy is to maintain a 5 percent reserve. The state requires Florida school districts to maintain a 3 percent reserve.

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Charter School Panel to be Held Tonight in Highland Park

April 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Stan Karp, the Director of the Secondary Reform Project for NJ’s Education Law Center, and moderator of the event, has taken notice of this trend in the charter
school movement: “In the past 10 years, the character of the charter school movement has changed dramatically from community-based, educator-initiated local efforts that created alternatives for a small number of students to nationally funded efforts by foundations, investors, and educational management companies to create a parallel, more privatized system,” said Karp. “This is eroding the common ground that public education in a democracy needs to survive.”

“In urban, suburban and rural communities throughout the U.S., parents and educators are fighting back — unwilling to compromise democratic control over their public schools, unwilling to give up public real estate to privately governed schools and unwilling to reallocate precious public finances from local public schools to charter Schools, “ Dr. Fine added.

Julia Sass Rubin noted that, “Our State’s broken charter school law gives residents no say in whether a new charter school opens or closes in their community, leaving that decision entirely to the Commissioner of Education. More recently, the creation of virtual charter schools that can draw students from across the state and divert their excess funding as revenue to discredited for-profit institutions, is only increasing the challenges that New Jersey’s charter school law poses for continued local democratic control of public education.”

Dr. Fine put it succinctly when she said, “It’s critical that we hold public conversations about the future of our schools, our democracy and our vision for public education.

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Online Educator Adds Two Newark Charters to Portfolio

April 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Two proposed Newark charter schools once in doubt of ever opening have gotten a second life with the nation’s largest provider of online education, K12 Inc.

A week after announcing enrollment was underway at one online-only charter school out of Newark, K12 Inc. this week announced it had added two more charter schools to its growing New Jersey portfolio.

These two — Spirit Prep and Newark Prep charter schools — will be a so-called “blended learning “ model in which students will take classes both face-to-face and online out of a central location.

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Virtual instruction hurts education

April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Garden State’s first comprehensive “virtual” charter school has begun to enroll students for the coming fall semester. The New Jersey Virtual Charter School, a for-profit education company based out of Newark, N.J., will hold all of its classes online – an idea that has residents throughout the state – as well as our own editorial board – fervently throwing up our arms in protest.

The school will admit students for kindergarten through 10th, providing them with instruction almost entirely online. Teachers will interact with these students potentially hundreds of miles away. What’s more, the school already has 300 students enrolled, and is part of a growing trend of full-time online schooling across the country.

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NJ’s First Virtual Charter School a Screen Test for Online Learning

April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

New Jersey’s first comprehensive charter school to hold all of its classes online is beginning to enroll students from across the state for next fall, even as questions persist to how exactly the new breed of schools will operate and be funded.

The New Jersey Virtual Academy Charter School (NJVACS), operating under contract with the for-profit online education company, K12 Inc., has begun advertising its New Jersey program through traditional press releases, email blasts and informational events.

After just a week of accepting names, it had enrolled more than 300 students, said school officials, who did not rule out that demand could outnumber seats and a lottery may be needed. The school seeks to enroll 850 for its first year, kindergarten through 10th grade.

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New Jersey Virtual Academy Charter School Announces Fall 2012 Opening

April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

NEWARK, N.J., April 3, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — New Jersey Virtual Academy Charter School (NJVACS), a new online public school, announced it will open in the Fall of 2012 and serve students from Newark and across the state. The school will connect students and teachers together using technology, innovative curriculum, and online instruction. The school will provide students throughout New Jersey access to a wide range of courses and academic programs without geographic barriers.

NJVACS, a public charter school approved by the New Jersey Department of Education, will initially serve students in grades K-10 in its first year and add the remaining high school grades in succeeding years. The school also plans to offer blended learning programs – online and face-to-face instruction – at learning centers in Newark and other locations. The school is currently accepting applications to enroll.

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Co-Curricular Programs Remain Intact With Kinnelon School Budget

March 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The district is particularly pleased to be able to continue the virtual high school program, which allows students to choose from electives that the district would otherwise need teachers for to study on electronic devices and computers.

“Imagine trying to fund one period of one teacher of one kid, Mandarin Chinese,” Opiekun said. “That’s what we have going on.”

Four elementary teaching positions will be cut in the 2012-13 budget due to declined enrollment. This will be done by moving some of the elementary teachers to different grade levels. The number of kindergarten teachers will go from seven to five, first grade will go from eight teachers to seven and fourth and fifth grade teachers will go from eight to seven. But second grade teachers will increase from seven to eight and third grade will remain with seven teachers.

One thing that is not going away, however, is the pay-to-play fee students wishing to participate in athletics or extra-curricular activities, or park on school property, is asked to pay each year. But Opiekun emphasized that the district would not be raising the fee.

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Three towns to see tax increase for Pascack Valley Regional District

March 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Woodcliff Lake residents will see a decrease of $102 in their annual tax bill. Yas Usami, the business administrator who delivered the budget presentation, explained that the formula for tax sharing among sending districts is governed by the state, and that the Board of Education has no taxing authority; the tax formula is based on taxable property wealth and student enrollment. Woodcliff Lake’s share, he said, has been on a bit of a downward trend in recent years.

The overall tax levy increase is 2 percent. Services and programs for the district have not changed, although the district projects an additional 20 students and either one new teacher or guidance counselor, to be determined later based on need. The district plans to increase its virtual high school opportunities while curtailing the purchase of new textbooks and continuing its online financial literacy curriculum.

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Pennsville Memorial High School preparing to launch new Virtual High School program

March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

PENNSVILLE TWP. — After two years of planning, Pennsville Memorial High School staff is now preparing students for the new Virtual High School program expected to start in the fall.

According to Pennsville Memorial High School Principal Matt McFarland, students are currently registering for online courses as part of the VHS program.

“The idea behind the move is to increase our course offerings to Pennsville Memorial High School students,” McFarland said.

VHS was founded in 1996 in Maynard, Mass., as a project for kids in school, according to VHS spokeswoman Carol Arnold.

“It became successful and spun into a non-profit organization,” Arnold said.

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