28July, 2020
Alternative Learning for Student Athletes: What to Expect
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Being a student athlete isn’t all fun and games. For high school students who are dedicated to a sport, the traditional classroom can pile on even more stress and hold them back.
Luckily, more parents are realizing how alternative learning can empower student athletes now and set them up for...
16July, 2020
Online High School Classes: The New Normal?
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Online Learning, Method High School, elearning, Online high school classes
There’s no getting around it: The popularity of online coursework is skyrocketing. High schools are rushing to provide more and more online learning opportunities.
If you’re a parent, as high school moves from brick and mortar to digital devices, you may be feeling a bit caught off guard....
30June, 2020
Charter vs. Traditional: Why Choose a Public Charter School
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Online Learning, Non-traditional schools, public charter school, elearning
You want your child to have the best education possible. And that can be a lot of pressure for any parent. After all, the decisions you make now will affect your child’s future.
Unfortunately, when it comes time to choose between a traditional school and a public charter school, parents don’t...
26May, 2020
SmartFox Shows The Way*
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We all know 2020 has been a year of change, disruption, and in many cases sadness and hopelessness. I think most people, myself included, look forward to rebuilding what became broken. And re-energizing what shut down. Helping those who need help. As an online school, Method didn't shut down,...
12November, 2019
District v Charter: Two Solutions For California's Public School Turf Wars
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Now that some of the dust has settled on the worst California legislative session imaginable for school choice proponents, maybe it's time to talk actual solutions rather than bills that put politics first and hurt students by eliminating options and educational freedom.
I spent 14 years at a...
10October, 2019
The Black Mountain Biking Soldiers of 1896
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I started mountain biking when I was 13 years old. Growing up in a valley ringed by tall mountains and unlimited trail access it made sense. Most people there skied, but I didn't because it was too expensive. By the time I got a job and could pay to ski I didn't want to start because I was too...
07October, 2019
On Public Schools and Marketing
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Recently charter schools in California have gotten some bad press. There's never a good time for wrongdoing, but the timing of some heavily publicized scandals couldn't have been worse. And the unions and anti-charter legislators pounced. Hard to blame them really. But one of the articles I read...
03October, 2019
Even in Virtual Schools, Teachers Make the Difference
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Online Learning, Method Schools, School Choice, highly-qualified teachers, smartfox, teacher quality
I'm not a teacher. I've never been a teacher. But this is my 20th year in K-12 education in finance, marketing, and product development, and I've had some thoughts lately about how education has changed in my time and what it will look like in the near future. While there have been some changes...
16July, 2019
Introducing Our New Transparency Web Page
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Charter schools are the only mechanism for free educational choice in California and most states. However, rapid expansion due to parents choosing charter schools has created growing pains. Some laws are vague and others are clearly intended to damage charters and, in doing so, educational...
28May, 2019
We Don't Cut Corners: Quality, Ethics and Choice in California Public Education
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Method Schools, School Choice, public charter school, California legislature, educational freedom, AB 1507, AB 1505, AB 1506
As a charter school today it feels like we're fighting a battle on two fronts. The first is well-known: traditionalists who are against individual choice in education. Everyone needs a boogeyman, and for public education it's been things like perceived lack of funding, the digital divide, new...
