Sneak Peak @ Online Learning Report

“‘Every child learns exactly the same way.’ Try to swallow that statement. It doesn’t go down well, no matter how much sugar you add.” – Online Learning 101

In a world of technology, customization and exciting innovation, education is the one sector that has stuck to the same one-size-fits-all model. Sure, a school or classroom might innovate, but they’re the exception, not the rule.

Washington’s special interests and bureaucrats have blocked school choice time and again. What they consider a threat to public education, many (including the Freedom Foundation) see as a lifeline to the next generation of doctors, engineers, politicians, teachers, parents and philanthropists. Our kids deserve a chance to have that future. We deny them that chance without options in the public school system.

Today is the last day of National School Choice Week. For decades, Washington hasn’t had anything to bring to the national show-and-tell for this significant week. Now we do.

A change-agent has been slowly penetrating our public schooling culture and is now here to stay: online education. Digital learning is daily opening new doors to choice, better options, customization, cost-savings, accountability and results.

Here at the Freedom Foundation, we’ve been studying virtual public schooling for many years. Our findings continue to confirm that online learning honors the freedom, innovation, responsibility and excellence that historically made America great. To restore that greatness for our children, we need public schooling options like these.

In February, the Freedom Foundation’s iLearn Project will release a reader-friendly comprehensive guide to online learning—written for families, teachers, districts, policymakers and interested citizens. Complete with the history of online learning, answers to common criticisms, explanation of opposition and action steps, we will equip Washingtonians to demand the online options our kids need.

Since this is National School Choice Week, we wanted to give you a preview of the guide. You can download it online here!

Also, be sure to watch our latest miniseries episode featuring Jaden Shirley, an energetic 8-year-old who suffers from idiopathic rheumatoid arthritis. Online learning is the perfect fit! Not only does it allow Jaden to get an excellent education while caring for her health, it allows her to pursue her love of dancing, acting, and modeling!

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Fighting for liberty,

Diana (Cieslak) Moore
Director, iLearn Project