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If there's one area where California, the home of Silicon Valley, should be an education leader, it's digital learning. However, a new national report card finds California lagging in expanding the use of digital technology, such as interactive software programs and online resources, to improve student learning.
In October, the Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education analyzed the performance of states across 72 categories related to digital learning. These categories focused on government barriers affecting student access, teacher certification and other issues. The report card gave grades of "achieved," "partially achieved," and "not yet achieved" to state actions in each category. California scored an "achieved" rating in 14 of the 72 categories.
For example, the report card asked whether states "restrict access to high-quality digital content, online courses and virtual schools based on geography, such as school district, county or state." California does allow so-called "virtual" charter schools, which are publicly funded schools where students learn at home on their computers using interactive and adaptive online programs that allow them to learn at their own pace and access teachers at most times of the day and night. Because these students learn at home using the Internet, they could potentially live anywhere in the state and enroll in any virtual school.
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Source: Orange County Register
