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I have spent the last year working with Clackamas Web Academy, managing a federal grant that supports charter school’s efforts to share best practices with all public schools.  In that role, I am examining what is working well at CWA, and working with schools throughout Oregon to use those elements to improve their programs.  I think what people don’t realize is the really powerful elements of virtual schools – flexibility, curriculum that is never out-of-date, individualized learning plans for all students, advancing students based on what they know rather than seat-time, and valuing the parent as part of the teaching team – could provide answers for all public schools in Oregon.   As a parent of a 2^nd grader in a PPS “traditional” school, I sincerely hope the discussion switches from debating whether another parent should be allowed to choose on-line schooling for their child to what lessons all schools can learn from successful virtual schools.

Whitney Grubbs

posted 2 years, 3 months ago
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