________________________________________________________________________________________ About K-12 Online Learning
North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL)
NACOL's Top 10 Myths about Virtual Schools
NACOL National Primer on K-12 Online Learning
EducationSector Reports: Laboratories of Reform: Virtual High Schools and Innovation in Public Education
Sloan Consortium: K-12 Online Learning: A Survey of U.S. School District Administrators
_________________________________________________________________________________________ Online Learning and 21st Century Skills
Virtual Schools and 21st Century Skills
Learning in the 21st Century
_________________________________________________________________________________________ High School Dropouts
The Gates Foundation: The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts (Executive Summary)
Dropout Factories: A Closer Look at Failing Schools Across the Country
States’ Data Obscure How Few Finish High School
Every 26 Seconds, a student drops out of high school in America.
_________________________________________________________________________________________ Implications for Post-Secondary Education, Employment, and Military Service
Sloan Consortium Report: Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy: Is the GED an Effective Route to Post-Secondary Education?
The School Administrator Feature: Accountability for Non-Cognitive Skills
Augusta Chronicle: Back to the Classroom: Dropping Out, Dropping Off
JSTOR: Does a GED Lead to More Training, Post-Secondary Education, and Military Service for School Dropouts?
Army Offers $40K Recruiting Bonus to H.S. Grads
Not-Quite High School, GED exams need toughening
________________________________________________________________________________________ Accreditation
US Department of Education Published List of Legitimate Accrediting Agencies
List of 6 Regionally Accrediting Agencies (including NAAS)
What is Regional Accreditation?
