As part of Edutopia’s Schools That Work section of their website, they now offer The Brave New Breakthrough in Online Learning. It is a collection resources and information related to K-12 online learning.

Key quote: A U.S. Department of Education analysis of more than 40 studies, including five focused on K-12 pupils, found that “students who took all or part of their classes online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face-to-face instruction.” Another study, by the National Survey of Student Engagement, reported that the online-learning experience yielded deeper use of “higher-order thinking, integrative learning, and reflective learning.”

Two questions:

1. How do I know that this is a school with quality instruction and quality administration?
2. How do we replicate this for our online students?

I have a new article on K-12 online learning up over at Associated Content. Earn your high school diploma online is a good, general introduction to the topic. Worth a read if you are just taking a first look at the subject.