The Arkansas Virtual High School: A Learning Environment Approach

Funding schools in rural communities takes creative thinking and plenty of outside help, as raising property taxes to pay for education, the usual panacea in American cities, is not an option when the population is very small, and many are poor. The purpose of the AVHS, as stated on their Web page (...

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Published inDistance learning (Greenwich, Conn.) Vol. 4; no. 2; p. 71
Main Authors Falduto, Valeree R, Ihde, Richard
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Charlotte Information Age Publishing 01.04.2007
Subjects
College Preparation
Core curriculum
Distance learning
Educational Environment
Educational Quality
Educational services
Foreign language learning
Instructional design
Learning centers
Population density
Property taxes
Rural schools
School choice
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Technological change
Textbooks
Tuition
United States > US
Arkansas
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Summary:Funding schools in rural communities takes creative thinking and plenty of outside help, as raising property taxes to pay for education, the usual panacea in American cities, is not an option when the population is very small, and many are poor. The purpose of the AVHS, as stated on their Web page (http://avhs.kl2.ar.us), is to provide an online alternative learning environment for the students of Arkansas' public schools who need assistance in completing coursework that is difficult to receive due to factors such as schedule conflicts, homebound due to extenuating circumstances, and other factors that might impede a student's progress through grades 9-12. [...] some school officials attributed the low completion rate to the fact that during the pilot phase, all courses were free.\n The form of the presentation and the nature of instructional materials are of major concern to experienced instructional designers.
ISSN:1547-4712