By Susie Meserve
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Florida Virtual School (FLVS) serves 31,000 students each year with more than 90 course offerings, including Advanced Placement instruction for students who don’t have access to AP courses elsewhere. Last year, nearly 60 percent of FLVS’s AP courses were taken by students at schools labeled “high priority,” that is, rural, low-income, and high-minority. School CIO recently chatted with FLVS CIO Holly Sagues about the challenges of administering a virtual school and the equalizing power of online education. Q. Was the FLVS started in response to a particular need? A. We started out as a state “Break the Mold” grant back in 1997. The focus was to level the playing field so students in rural and high-minority districts could have access to the same level of courses as students in other districts. Q. What advantages do you think a virtual school has over a traditional face-to-face environment? A. Our students say the biggest advantages are that they have control over the amount of time needed to master material, they have a more one-on-one relationship with their teachers, and they have control over when they want to work on their course. Some students will learn better online, others will learn better in a traditional format. The beauty is that the student can make that choice. Q. What are the biggest disadvantages, or challenges, to online learning? |
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