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- In June 2021, Florida Virtual School (FLVS), an accredited public online learning institution catering to students in grades K-12, is launching additional courses for the 2021-22 academic year. The emphasis is on Career and Technical Education (CTE) and the Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) Diploma Program. These course additions are designed to provide students with a varied skill set crucial for success in both higher education and their future careers.
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- In July 2023, a pioneering black educator, Adam Mangana, initiated the world's inaugural Virtual Reality Charter School. Mangana guarantees the presence of genuine teachers in every virtual classroom, seamlessly integrated to address students' needs in real-time.
- In October 2023, Discovery Schools, which provides an extensive curriculum covering essential subjects like English, mathematics, environmental studies, science, arts, health, and physical education, is set to introduce a statewide hybrid virtual program for the 2024-25 academic year. This groundbreaking initiative, the first of its kind in Louisiana, will cater to students in 5th-8th grade, seamlessly blending virtual learning with the advantages of on-site support from a physical campus.
Acquisition and partnerships
- In March 2022, Perdoceo Education is a private company that owns four for-profit universities in the United States, acquired DigitalCrafts, a provider of bootcamp training programs, to expand into reskilling.
- In May 2021, at their Thursday school board meeting, the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners endorsed a recent collaboration with charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently, operators to deliver online learning choices in the upcoming fall. Paramount Schools of Excellence and Phalen Leadership Academies are set to offer comprehensive virtual learning alternatives to all students, including those currently registered with IPS.