Ensuring Every Student has Access to Online Learning

Susan Patrick, president and chief executive of the iNACOL, the international association for K-12 online learning, writes, "In an era of shrinking budgets and with an increasing need for students to be globally-competitive, online and blended learning solutions are expanding student access to high-quality courses and programs."

She's right.

From the rural ranches in Idaho to gritty urban schoolyards in the Northeast, kids who once could only dream of having access to advanced math and lit classes, now how these educational opportunities at the click of a power up switch.

Technology is changing education, Patrick says. "Online learning is expanding access to courses in K-12 education and providing a new network of highly qualified teachers to schools and students in under served communities."

Read more of Patrick's essay that was first published by the Computer Using Educators of BC.