Carousel & Rocking Horses Blog http://www.carouselandrockinghorses.com/blog Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Virtual Schooling: Could It Be for You? http://www.carouselandrockinghorses.com/blog/virtual-schooling-could-it-be-for-you/ http://www.carouselandrockinghorses.com/blog/virtual-schooling-could-it-be-for-you/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:44 +0000 admin http://www.carouselandrockinghorses.com/blog/?p=1183 “Over just the past decade, online learning at the K-12 level has grown from a novelty to a movement.” – National Education Policy System, “Online K-12 Schooling in the U.S.”  October 2011 A movement is right! Recent numbers show 250,000 students were enrolled in full time virtual school programs last year. That’s a paltry percentage [...]

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