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May 4, 2011

Online services give schools the edge

By Tanner Kent Free Press Staff Writer The Mankato Free Press Wed May 04, 2011, 11:11 PM CDT

Two emerging trends prompted St. Clair Public Schools to jump into the online education market.

First, the demand for online courses continues to rise.

Nationally, an estimated 1.5 million K-12 students were enrolled in at least one online course in 2009, according to the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.

For St. Clair, a district of about 600 students, that trend also has played out locally with more than a dozen high-schoolers now enrolled in some kind of online course.

And secondly, the number of providers of online education services is also proliferating rapidly, convincing St. Clair educators that if they don’t teach their students online, someone else will.

For the complete story, see Thursday's print edition or e-edition.

 

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