John Fensterwald is the editorial muscle behind the Silicon Valley Education Foundation's "Thoughts on Public Education" blog. In a recent post, he raised the curtain on the next act in the state's effort to expand online learning opportunities.
"With a formal title and a favorable fiscal analysis in hand, backers of an initiative to broaden access to online college preparatory classes will begin gathering signatures (on Jan. 4) to qualify for the November ballot," Fensterwald wrote.
California's "Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Department of Finance, in a four-page analysis concluded that the initiative in the long run would create "savings potentially in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually' for local school districts 'if schools experience efficiencies and widespread participation in the use of online courses,' " Fensterwald continued.
Click here to read more of his post.
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