Last month, we introduced readers to KIPP Empower Academy, a blended elementary school program achieving outstanding results in Los Angeles, CA. Today, we have to honor of sharing an exclusive,...Read more here

60% of citizens favor public charter schools 59 to 66% support tuition tax credits for taxpayers’ contributions to those distributing private school scholarships When asked what type of school...Read more here

KIPP Empower is committed to preparing their “scholars” from the earliest grades “to lead lives of significance, to be critical thinkers, to be leaders, and to be on a trajectory that...Read more here

On Monday, February 13th, the Washington Families for Online Learning Coalition (WAFOL) announced their lawsuit against the state of Washington for restoration of full basic education funding for...Read more here

Yesterday was the first ever national Digital Learning Day. More than 10,000 teachers and 2 million students participated in raising awareness of the importance of digital learning. Among them...Read more here

The Freedom Foundation’s analysis shows that the Court is calling for more than a funding increase. From prior legislative studies, the ruling revives specific recommendation which put the...Read more here

In “Short Circuited: The Challenge Facing the Online Learning Revolution in California” our friends at the Pacific Research Institute tell the story of online learning in California.

OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Freedom Foundation’s iLearn Project is partnering with the national initiative Digital Learning Now! to introduce Washington state policymakers to the basics of online...Read more here

It’s one thing for the justices to define “ample” in terms sure to please the teacher’s unions to whom they’re beholden. But where’s all this money going to come...Read more here

2011 was a great year for the iLearn Project. We met more remarkable families, told more stories, released two exciting new publications, and continued to make inroads in pursuing excellent...Read more here

After the negative onslaught from the media, it’s refreshing to see an editorial on the value of online learning.

On Monday, the New York Times published an article entitled “Profits and Questions at Online Charter Schools.” Yesterday, Tom Vander Ark wrote an excellent response.

The case for raising the sales tax rests on foggy logic about what a budget cut actually looks like

With Thanksgiving just a day away, now is a pretty good time to reflect on our blessings. Cheesy though it may sound (considering my job description), I’m thankful for online learning.

Unless revenue projections for the next biennium fall below $28.2 billion, we’ll still wind up collecting more revenue than the state ever has. How is that a shortfall?

The race is on. While we were casting our ballots last week, gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Rob McKenna was releasing the details of his policy platform in a speech and on...Read more here

In case you haven’t heard of it, Carpe Diem is changing the way the world sees “school”—and changing the lives of the students who get to attend. The iLearn Project has featured Carpe...Read more here

Considered a frontrunner in the movement toward student-centered, self-paced learning, School of One takes customization in education to a new level. The School of One is a blended middle school...Read more here

Yesterday I covered all the “signs of life” of education reform I saw in San Francisco earlier this month while attending the Excellence in Action Summit, hosted by Gov. Jeb Bush and the...Read more here

It was an extraordinary three days.  I released Education 2.0: A Catalog of Innovation, sat in the front row for the unveiling of a roadmap for real education reform, and watched the Count from...Read more here