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Local students send school supplies to Zimbabwe

January 16, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

NORRISTOWN, Pa. – January 14, 2011 (WPVI) — Students from a charter school in Norristown spent this day helping students who live very far away and who have some very significant needs.

It sort of feels good because you are helping someone else.

From Montgomery County, to Mutoko Chimukopa village in Zimbabwe, the Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School students are sending basic supplies to students they will never meet.

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Trombetta talks cyber education

January 12, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

EAST LIVERPOOL – An additional workforce for a cyber education curriculum may come to East Liverpool, according to the head of Midland-based PA Cyber.

Dr. Nick Trombetta discussed that and a host of other issues during an East Liverpool Rotary Club luncheon Tuesday.

Trombetta is the CEO of the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. He is also the founder of the National Network of Digital Schools (NNDS) and had a role in establishing the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School among other local entities involving cyber education.

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Finding Ways to Be Social in Virtual Schools

January 11, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Many cyber schools regularly use social-networking tools in their online classes and are also moving to incorporate some face-to-face interaction into their classes. Those interactions often have an educational bent, such as field trips, but some are purely social—like proms and back-to-school picnics.

“Students realize they’re not isolated at their house,” said Shelley C. Dickey, a family-support coordinator for Agora Cyber Charter School, a 6,000-student K-12 school based in Wayne, Pa. “There’s a huge community out there.”

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Alle-Kiski Valley districts creating own cyber academies

January 5, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Alarmed by the loss of revenue, several local school districts have created their own cyber academies.

Highlands, Kiski Area, Plum, Fox Chapel Area and Deer Lakes are among the local districts that have ventured into the cyber-school world in an attempt to stem the rising tide of lost revenue, plus expand their educational programs.

The districts partner with private companies that provide the cyber-charter framework and instructors, and work with district educators to write the curriculum to their specifications.

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Boyertown Area School District pursues cyberschool option

January 4, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

BOYERTOWN –– Boyertown Area School District is looking towards the future with new methods of education.

In a January school board meeting, Boyertown will vote to enter an arrangement with the Berks County Intermediate Unit to pursue a cyberschool program.

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dion Betts said Berks Online Learning will be presenting at the January 11, 2011 board meeting.where the board will vote on entering into an arrangement with the BCIU.

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BOYERTOWN –– Boyertown Area School District is looking towards the future with new methods of education.

In a January school board meeting, Boyertown will vote to enter an arrangement with the Berks County Intermediate Unit to pursue a cyberschool program.

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dion Betts said Berks Online Learning will be presenting at the January 11, 2011 board meeting.where the board will vote on entering into an arrangement with the BCIU.

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THE NEW SCHOOLS: Charter, cyber-charter schools provide options

December 27, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Charter schools are created and controlled by parents, teachers, community leaders, and colleges or universities. Charter schools operate free from many educational mandates, except for those concerning nondiscrimination, health and safety and accountability.

A cyber-charter school is an educational institution which is both a charter school and a virtual school or cyberschool. Cyber-charter schools are approved by the state Department of Education and educate students via the internet wherever the students are, rather than in a school building.

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The Princeton Review’s Joint Venture Programs with The National Labor College Receive Endorsement by Maryland Higher Education Commission

December 23, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

The company also owns and operates Penn Foster Education Group, a global leader in online education, providing career-focused degree and vocational programs in the fields of allied health, business, technology, education, and select trades through the Penn Foster High School and Penn Foster Career School (www.pennfoster.edu). Penn Foster creates the platform to leverage the company’s Career Education Partnerships division which is comprised of ventures with the National Labor College (NLC) and Community College Partnerships (CCP). The venture with the NLC was formed to bring high-quality bachelor degree completion and certificate programs to the AFL-CIO’s 13 million members and the working adults in their families. The CCP venture is a partnership with community colleges to expand distance and hybrid learning opportunities. For more information, visit www.PrincetonReview.com.

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Alle-Kiski Valley Districts take issue with costs of cyber schools

December 15, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

The review found that the reserve fund balance percentages for some of those schools ranged from 13 percent to 95 percent of their annual expenditures.

Wagner’s report further found public school districts paid different tuition rates for students attending the same charter/cyber-charter school, resulting in some school districts subsidizing others.

School district officials claim they are losing revenue, but at the same time, their costs don’t decrease.

By law, school districts must show a reason for reducing their teaching staff, whose salaries and benefits account for much of their budgets. They can’t cut staff arbitrarily.

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Agora Cyber Charter School Opens Philadelphia Learning Center

December 7, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Agora Cyber Charter School, one of the state’s largest public cyber schools, today celebrated the grand opening of its innovative new learning center in Philadelphia.

The event included Agora families, teachers, staff, and members of the school’s board of directors. Special guests included members and staff of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, including state representative Paul Clymer, chairman of the House Education Committee.

Parents and students toured the facility and learned about the additional academic programs and services that will be offered at the new learning center. Families also participated in school-sponsored activities for students of all ages.

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