Florida Virtual School Faces Hard Times ~ Education Week | :: The 4th Era :: | Scoop.it

by Benjamin Herold

summary by Carnegie Perspectives

 

"The Florida Virtual School—the largest state-sponsored online K-12 school in the country—is facing troubled times, a sign of major policy shifts now reshaping the world of online education. On the heels of new state legislation aimed at containing costs and promoting competition among providers offering individual online courses to students, Florida Virtual School officials expect to see a 20 percent drop in state revenue this school year and announced this month that they have shed one-third of their workforce."