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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: A Virtual Diaster In the Making

Jersey Jazzman: A Virtual Diaster In the Making:


A Virtual Diaster In the Making

After all of the embarrassment the NJDOE has suffered due to their broken charter school application process, you would think they'd be proceeding with extreme caution before introducing another hair-brained scheme.

Not a chance:
As New Jersey awaits a decision on its first online charter schools, the operator of three of those proposed schools isn’t taking any chances.
Officials of K12 Inc., the nation’s largest online education firm, are in Newark this week continuing to wrap up the details for the three schools it would manage, one an entirely online venture from kindergarten through 12th grade and two others that blend online and in-person instructions for high school students. 
The three have each won preliminary approval from the state. Now, they're waiting for a