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Online Learning – Another Misguided Mandate | Connected Principals

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Online Learning – Another Misguided Mandate



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Idaho recently became the fourth state to add an online learning requirement for students to graduate from high school. As is typical with these types of bureaucratic decisions, this initiative makes for great headlines but its impact on student learning remains questionable.

There’s a big rush to add online learning opportunities for students without really defining what quality online learning looks like. This really comes as no big surprise when our country struggles so mightily with what