K-12 online resources and virtual high schools

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The Virtual High School is a non-profit organization that offers content-rich, credit-bearing high school courses to students across the country and around the world.

The VSS brings together more than 1200 representatives annually from national, state, district, private and other virtual school programs to attend the industry?s leading event in K-12 online learning. Experts in K-12 virtual education are offerred robust networking opportunities, learn the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in e-learning, interact in session presentations, and gain access to the latest research and best practices reports.

The purpose of the Arkansas Virtual High School 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.

The Pacific View Online High School provides a virtual learning environment for students in San Diego, Riverside, Orange and Imperial counties. It has a California standards based curriculum and is WASC Accredited.

Florida Virtual School is committed to you by providing students with educational opportunities. We are a statewide, internet-based, public high school offering a rigorous curriculum online. In our experience with thousands of happy students, parents and educators, we know the secret to a successful online education is a high level of communication powered by certified FLVS instructors.

The mission of the Illinois Virtual High School is to use new and emerging technologies that expand the boundaries of space and time to provide Illinois students and their teachers with increased equity and access to the highest quality educational opportunities.

KVHS is a statewide educational service delivering high school courses and online learning opportunity to Kentuckians. KVHS courses are delivered to public high schools through the Kentucky Education Technology System.

The Louisiana Virtual School is a Louisiana Department of Education initiative that provides Louisiana high school students access to standards-based high school courses delivered by certified Louisiana teachers via the Internet.

The Maryland Virtual High School of Science and Mathematics entails bringing to the classroom the same team problem solving, technology rich approaches currently used in research and business.

Every Michigan child should prepare for a globally competitive future that is integrated with technology and focused on the knowledge economy. The Michigan Virtual High School lets all schools offer students equal access to diverse courses, a way to build technology skills and tools that help them succeed on high-stakes, standardized tests.

Minnesota Online High School offers online high school curriculum, GED, and college prep courses to students in grades 10-12. One of the unique features of Minnesota Online High School is their advising staff who provides parents and students one-on-one support in planning and managing a student's online high school education.

NVHS is the nation's first full service interactive online high school program open to students everywhere. Established in 1998, the school has over 50 graduates. Approximately fifty high school level classes are offered with online teacher support nine hours daily. All classes meet or exceed current national standards and Nevada state standards.

The traditional boundaries of education are disappearing with the New Jersey Virtual School. With the New Jersey Virtual School, no longer do students have to be subject to rigid definitions of time and place. The New Jersey Virtual School empowers you to become educated utilizing the freedom of the Internet. Earn your credits where you want and when you want.

For the past 67 years, NDIS has maintained a proud tradition of providing quality distance education to students and schools around the world. As important distance learning choices are made, reputation, tradition, and expertise are elements that must be considered.

The ORVSD is a program led by the Oregon Dept. of Education that seeks to increase access and availability of online learning and teaching resources free of charge to the people of Oregon. Students can use the ORVSD to supplement their classes, parents can track a student's progress online. Teachers can hand out assignments, grade tests, and share strategies with colleagues state-wide. Interactive instruction, Web videos, and podcasts deliver time-tested lessons in cutting edge ways.

The Texas Virtual School is a web-based learning initiative designed to meet the needs of Texas public school students and educators. Private school students and staff are welcome to take advantage of the programs offered through the Texas Virtual School. Its mission is to provide extended and flexible learning opportunities for secondary students and educators through web-based programs.

Utah's Electronic High School is a new horizon in education. EHS has been in operation since 1994 and provides a wide variety of courses to students across the world. Additional courses are added each year as resources and funding permit.

The Virtual Advanced Placement School provides a variety of college-level and foreign language courses, using distance learning technologies. The Virtual Advanced Placement School was designed to provide educational opportunities to schools that may have too few students to justify hiring a full-time teacher, are unable to find qualified teachers, or for students with scheduling conflicts.

The Virtual School initiative is the latest effort from the West Virginia Department of Education and the WV Legislature to provide students throughout the Mountain State with quality educational opportunities -- no matter where they live.