Unlike Florida, Georgia Did Not Mandate Online Learning
An Orlando Sentinel story earlier this week reported that 11 percent of Florida students do not have home internet access. The Florida Association of Instructional Materials Association says the number is much higher at a staggering 33 percent. None of these realities kept Florida legislators – with the encouragement of Jeb Bush – from mandating that every Florida student must take one online course to graduate.
Florida’s neighbor to the north, Georgia, has taken an education reform path similar to that of Florida. But not so with online learning. No mandate exists in their bill. Atlanta Journal Constitution’s education writer, Maureen Downey, is glad but still understands why there’s reason to be skeptical of online learning.
Florida’s neighbor to the north, Georgia, has taken an education reform path similar to that of Florida. But not so with online learning. No mandate exists in their bill. Atlanta Journal Constitution’s education writer, Maureen Downey, is glad but still understands why there’s reason to be skeptical of online learning.
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