Trading the classroom for the computer. A virtual school is being offered to students here in Iowa, but local schools have some questions about it.
With the click of a mouse, your child could be enrolled as a student at the Iowa Connections Academy, The first kindergarten through 12th grade virtual school in the state of Iowa.
“Students will work from home with Iowa licensed teachers using a very robust, very rigorous curriculum that includes both online and offline materials,” said Susan Stanger, from ICA.
ICA is a fully accredited, free online school that currently operates in 23 other states. There are over 600 courses offered to students through this program.
“We have a really advanced technology that allows it to be more interactive, more adaptive and to provide students, especially in a rural states, like Iowa, more course selections,” said Stagner.
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