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A growing trend in K-12 education is the development of the cyberschool, a full time online learning program and the virtual school a supplementary online learning program. These campuses replace brick-and-mortar classrooms with evolving practices of interactive technology. The greatest obstacle to the development of online learning is finding agreement on funding formulas.
A growing trend in K-12 education is the development of the cyberschool, a full time online learning program and the virtual school a supplementary online learning program. These campuses replace brick-and-mortar classrooms with evolving practices of interactive technology. Virtual schools served 700,000 students in the 2005–06 school year, mostly at the high school level. High schools have offered virtual learning for over a decade. The research focused on the effectiveness of K–12 virtual schooling finds "no significant difference" in student performance in online courses versus traditional face-to-face learning.
'''Resources'''
Watson, J. & Ryan J. (2006). Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning: A Review of State Level Policy and Practice. Evergreen Consulting. Retrieved November 25, 2007 at http://www.nacol.org/docs/KeepingPace07-color.pdf.

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A growing trend in K-12 education is the development of the cyberschool, a full time online learning program and the virtual school a supplementary online learning program. These campuses replace brick-and-mortar classrooms with evolving practices of interactive technology. Virtual schools served 700,000 students in the 2005–06 school year, mostly at the high school level. High schools have offered virtual learning for over a decade. The research focused on the effectiveness of K–12 virtual schooling finds "no significant difference" in student performance in online courses versus traditional face-to-face learning. Resources Watson, J. & Ryan J. (2006). Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning: A Review of State Level Policy and Practice. Evergreen Consulting. Retrieved November 25, 2007 at http://www.nacol.org/docs/KeepingPace07-color.pdf.