Recent Headlines About Education

U.S. Dept. of Education releases a report on online learning studies

June 29, 2009

The U.S. Department of Education, Center for Technology in Learning, recently released their latest report “Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies”.

The findings revealed that on average, online students out performed those receiving face-to-face instruction. In addition, they identified that learners in the online environment spent more time performing a task than student’s offline. The research focused on the K-12 environment, but the findings are interesting for online education as a whole. (read the article)

Homeschooling in the News

Homeschooling Gains Popularity

The U.S. Department of Education released its periodic review of schooling in America in a report called, The Condition of Education 2009. It offers a revealing look at the growth of homeschooling.

Homeschooling was the choice of families for 2.9% of all school-age children in the United States in 2007, involving 1.5 million children. By comparison, in 1999... (read the article)

News about Christian Education and the Culture War

Ministries Weak on K-12 Christian Education in Exodus Mandate Report Card

Chaplain E. Ray Moore issued a Report Card at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb 10, 2009, at a news conference, on how effectively major Christian ministries and organizations support K-12 Christian education or home schooling.  Nine organizations were rated, many of which have actively engaged in the cultural war in the US for the past several decades.  Moore said, "Even though these organizations have been valiantly fighting the culture war, they have... (read the article)

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