“Opening” a New Kind of High School: The Story of the Open High School of Utah

• Main Authors: Tonks, DeLaina, Weston, Sarah, Wiley, David, Barbour, Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@SHU 2013
• Subjects: K-12 online learning; cyber school; virtual school; open education; Online education; Utah; Educational Assessment; Evaluation; and Research; Educational Methods; Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration; Christchurch; Avian flu
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ced_fac/77; https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1077&context=ced_fac

The use of online learning at the primary and secondary school level is growing exponentially in the United States. Much of this growth is with full-time online schools, most of which are operated by for-profit companies that use proprietary online course content. In this article we trace the develo...