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Kingsbury, Ian – EdChoice, 2020
Thousands of American schools shuttered their doors during the second half of the 2019-2020 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most schools that closed their physical campus switched to online learning to conclude the school year. Brick and mortar schools uninitiated to online learning were tasked with adapting teaching practices to a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Virtual Schools
Corry, Michael; Ianacone, Robert; Stella, Julie – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine brick-and-mortar and online teacher best practice themes using thematic analysis and a newly developed theory-based analytic process entitled Synthesized Thematic Analysis Criteria (STAC). The STAC was developed to facilitate the meaningful thematic analysis of research based best practices of K-12…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Online Courses, Best Practices, Teaching Methods
Robson, Kelly; Graziano, Lynne; O'Neal Schiess, Jennifer – National Comprehensive Center at Westat, 2020
Today, nearly all states either offer or allow digital learning in some form, with instruction provided by a variety of providers. This instruction typically takes one of three forms: (1) Full-time virtual schools: Students take their entire course load online via an independent, charter, or district-sponsored program; (2) Blended learning models:…
Descriptors: School Choice, Electronic Learning, Virtual Schools, Enrollment
Stedrak, Luke J.; Rose, Amanda L. – Educational Considerations, 2015
With the advent and growth of elementary and secondary online education in the United States, teaching and learning has undergone radical change with unimagined alternatives to traditional brick-and-mortar classrooms, and online education is here to stay. Law and policy in some states has lagged behind the emergence of online K-12 education. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, State Policy
Kingsbury, Ian; Marshall, David T. – Journal of Online Learning Research, 2023
Many K-12 brick-and-mortar public schools now grant students the option of taking some of their courses online. Yet, a scant academic literature probes where online course choice exists and why it is utilized. We partnered with a market research firm to solicit 450 responses from a nationally representative group of American parents of public…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Online Courses, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
Gratz, Trevor; Goldhaber, Dan; Brown, Nate – Journal of School Choice, 2022
While spring of 2020 introduced virtual instruction to all public schools, virtual schooling had already been growing in most states. We focus on pre-COVID-19 changes to full-time virtual school enrollment in public schools, and provide evidence on the relationship between virtual school enrollment, internet speed, community demographics, and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
Gratz, Trevor; Goldhaber, Dan; Brown, Nate – Center for Education Data & Research, 2022
While spring of 2020 introduced virtual instruction to all public schools, virtual schooling had already been growing in most states. We focus on pre-COVID-19 changes to fulltime virtual school enrollment in public schools, and provide evidence on the relationship between virtual school enrollment, internet speed, community demographics, and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Electronic Learning, Enrollment, Internet
Beck, Dennis; Borup, Jered; Wood, Camie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
Existing research on facilitators in K-12 schools has focused on supplemental online programs where on-site personnel work with online students in a local brick-and-mortar school. While some insightful research exists focused on online facilitators at full-time cyber schools, additional research is needed to examine facilitators using synchronous…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses
Syverson, Eric; Duncombe, Chris – Education Commission of the States, 2022
States and districts allocate hundreds of billions of dollars annually to fund K-12 schools, and this allocation is largely driven by one calculation: how states count student enrollment. They do this in one of five ways: (1) A single count on a single day; (2) Two counts twice per year; (3) Multiple counts over a period of time; (4) An attendance…
Descriptors: School Funds, Enrollment, Attendance, COVID-19
Ford, Angela; Alemneh, Daniel – Educational Planning, 2021
Educational leadership, whether in PK-12 or higher education, often examine the planning of curricula and materials for equity. Due to the global pandemic that began in early 2020, the planning of instructional materials had to be reexamined due to the travel and interaction restrictions that closed most brick-and-mortar schools, colleges, and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Planning, Open Educational Resources, COVID-19
Jesse Lina Watson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Despite the growing popularity of online education, online schools have lower retention rates than their brick-and-mortar counterparts. Student retention is affected by multiple factors including the characteristics of the students, the characteristics of the educators, and the characteristics of the schools. However, there is a lack of…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Academic Persistence, Elementary Secondary Education, Electronic Learning
Arnett, Thomas – Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, 2021
Practically overnight, the spread of COVID-19 caused a sudden shutdown of classroom-based instruction--the centuries-old emblem of formal education. Fortunately, the capabilities of the technological era--in which broadband connectivity, mobile communication, and video conferencing are increasingly common--meant that for the first time in world…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Elementary Secondary Education, School Closing
Bueno, Carycruz – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has put virtual schooling at the forefront of policy concerns, as millions of children worldwide shift to virtual schooling with hopes of "slowing the spread". Given the emergency shift to online education coupled with the large increase in demand for virtual education over the last decade it is imperative to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses
Richardson, Jayson W.; Beck, Dennis; LaFrance, Jason; McLeod, Scott – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
As cyberschooling options expand, it is vital that we understand the nuances of these particular learning opportunities. Because little research exists on leaders of K-12 cyberschools, this exploratory case study had two purposes. We first examined how 18 cyberschool leaders in the United States obtained their position. Second, we explored the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Educational History, Administrator Attitudes
Carpenter, Dick; Kafer, Krista; Reeser, Kelly; Shafer, Sheryl – International Journal on E-Learning, 2015
This article examines K-12 online student and school performance across an entire state (Colorado) in the United States through two comparisons. First, state assessment scores of students in online schools are compared to those in traditional brick and mortar schools. Second, the accountability scores of online schools are compared to those of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Scores, Online Courses