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Will Supreme Court Decide Georgia Virtual School Funding?

Georgia education headlines are too often made for wrong reasons.  National test scores that disappoint, high schools that under perform and the Atlanta public schools cheating scandal do nothing to recommend Georgia as forward thinking and a place to create a business and raise a family.  Embracing an aggressive plan to fast forward online education would seem like a no-brainer.

Last week two major online education companies said they will cancel plans to operate Georgia online high schools.  Provost Academy and Kaplan Academy believe they cannot operate on $3,500 per pupil funding from the Georgia Charter School Commission.  Those funds would have been state dollars; no local education dollars would follow the student. Read more »

July 20, 2010 Posted by mikekleinonline | Uncategorized | Adequate Yearly Progress, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Charter School Commission, Georgia Cyber Academy, Georgia Department of Education, Georgia Families for Virtual Education, Georgia Public Policy Foundation, Georgia Supreme Court, Judge Wendy Shoob, Kaplan Academy of Georgia, Mike Klein Online, No Child Left Behind, Online education, Provost Academy Georgia, Renee Lord, Ryan Mahoney, Virtual schools | Leave a Comment