{"id":11376,"date":"2011-11-02T10:23:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T15:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=11376"},"modified":"2018-11-06T14:59:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:59:19","slug":"npt-reports-free-public-online-schools-create-stir-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2011\/11\/02\/npt-reports-free-public-online-schools-create-stir-in-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"(NPT Reports) Free Public Online Schools Create Stir in Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11337 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/education_watch1-300x35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q9BhgwDzU_g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When it\u2019s time for school to start, Jayla Slater doesn\u2019t leave her dining table at home.<\/p>\n<p>The 5<sup>th<\/sup> grader receives her lessons through a computer. She and her sister, Jalea, are enrolled in Tennessee Virtual Academy\u2014the state\u2019s first <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">public<\/span> online school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a person speaking in front of you, but it is kind of neat because it explains it so you can understand it,\u201d says Jayla.<\/p>\n<p>A new state law this year allows districts to set up virtual schools, making a free education available online to any student in Tennessee. Signing up her kids was a no-brainer for Ester Slater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the flexibility,\u201d says Slater. \u201cI like that if we are really excited about something we can dig in deep. We don\u2019t have to stop. We\u2019re not moving at anybody else\u2019s pace but our own\u2014within guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The Slater girls were already home-schooled, but Ester expects her daughters to go the traditional route when they are older. She views the online public school as the perfect bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause it\u2019s offered through a public venue I know its closely related to what the public schools are doing or maybe even more advanced than what the public schools are doing. So when they enter traditional school they\u2019ll be with their peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 2-thousand students have signed up for Tennessee Virtual Academy run by K-12, a company based in Virginia. The academy is statewide, paid for by tax dollars, and free to residents of Tennessee.\u00a0 A few local districts also have online programs for their students, like Nashville-Davidson County\u2014which has about 135 high school students enrolled. Jay Steele supervises the Nashville program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I like to call the dinosaur is traditional classroom in straight shows with lecture style only,\u201d Steele says. \u201cThose days are gone and kids can text, kids can watch videos and kids can listen to music and learn at the same time.\u00a0 This really meets kids where they are and that\u2019s very important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steele says online public school students must meet the same state standards as others: attendance&#8211; monitored electronically; testing; and GPA requirements. Online teachers check in and help students stay on track. Slater confirms that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a teacher assigned to our family,\u201d says Slater. \u201c So there is accountability there. And there is very strict attendance. If you don\u2019t log in attendance, after 10 days they\u2019ll send you in to truancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But there are critics of online public schools. \u00a0Some question for-profit companies being paid with tax dollars to educate students\u2014 even if hired by the local districts. Others say free online education will drive more people away from their districts into home-schooling.\u00a0 Steele disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see that as an opportunity because there\u2019s no real policing of home-school curriculum and I think this is a rigorous approved curriculum that covers state standards and it is an opportunity for the public schools to pull those students back into a rigorous curriculum.\u201d Steele says. \u201cI predict that within 5 years this could be one of the largest schools in Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Slater believes that possibility can also be good for traditional schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone can\u2019t stay at home or bring their kids to work or have those things. 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