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Education Week: Budget Cuts Could Unplug Missouri Virtual School
"Budget cuts could force a Missouri school to close midway through the academic year, leaving students with half-earned credits scrambling to complete their education."
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Gov. Jay Nixon announced last week that he was halting state funding for the online school's second semester as part of $204 million in budget cuts caused by declining state revenues.
Top News - Layoffs prompt teachers to move online
In what could be a result of widespread teacher layoffs, some virtual schools and online learning providers are reporting huge increases in teaching applications for the coming school year.
"We have seen at least a 50-percent increase in the number of applications we've received versus this time last year," said Annie Middlestadt, senior director of human resources for Connections Academy, an operator of virtual K-12 public charter schools.
Weblogg-ed » Lawsuits? What Lawsuits?
rrived at NECC in time for the morning keynote debate about whether or not bricks and mortar schools impede learning. It wasn’t a great question to begin with, because I don’t think anyone really thinks it’s an either or, either online or face to face, bu
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