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'''(Legacy school pages currently being reviewed, see below for up to date list in progress) In a hurry? See [[:Category:Virtual_schools]]'''  
== Special Issue of the journal "Education Sciences" on "Virtual Schools" (online K-12 providers) ==
----
 
'''''Attention: All authors of journal articles about virtual schools!'''''
 
The '''[https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education/special_issues/8Y66O7K8D8 Special Issue]''' aims to consolidate cutting-edge research and insights into K-12 virtual schools to  serve as a comprehensive resource for researchers, policy makers, school leaders and virtual school teachers.
 
Its full title is "Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned and Implications for Digital K-12 and Other Sectors of Education" (Guest Editors: '''[[Paul Bacsich]]''', '''Sara de Freitas''' and '''[[Bieke Schreurs]])'''.
 
'''The deadline for submissions is now ''1 October 2024''.'''


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_school Wikipedia] defines a ''virtual school'' as
''[https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education Education Sciences]'' is an international peer-reviewed open access journal.
== Virtual Schools ==


<blockquote>an institution that teaches courses entirely or primarily through online methods.</blockquote>
'''(Legacy school pages currently being reviewed, see below for up to date list in progress) In a hurry? See [[:Category:Virtual_schools]]'''


We impose the further restriction that the courses are similar (in purpose and outcome) to those normally taken by school-age children - but there may be a few students in the virtual school who are beyond school leaving age.
To list all the virtual schools in a country or region click on [[Special:RunQuery/List Virtual Schools by country]]


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_school Wikipedia] defines a ''virtual school'' as "an institution that teaches courses entirely or primarily through online methods". We impose the further restriction that the courses are similar (in purpose and outcome) to those normally taken by school-age children - but there may be a few students in the virtual school who are beyond school leaving age.
== Lists of virtual schools ==
== Lists of virtual schools ==
[[File:Virtual school page add your school.png|alt=Navy blue circle with text reading 'help us populate the list' accompanied by a speech bubble containing a question mark. The second sentence reads 'add your school/college' accompanied by a plus sign. Both icons and text are in mint green colour. |thumb|Call to action - Wiki Community please add your virtual school/college to the list.]]
 
See categories at the bottom of the page for quick links to relevant initiatives.
See categories at the bottom of the page for quick links to relevant initiatives.


=== 2023 List of virtual schools ===
=== Global Virtual Schools Map ===
 
This static map is generated using Leaflet Maps, featuring the schools we've checked as still in operation since we began the process in 2023, listed below the map.
{| class="wikitable"
!'''''Please note this map is in progress (early stages of being populated).'''
|}
 
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-31.93639, 115.84195~SIDE
-28.85081, 153.58564~Southern Cross
-42.83291, 147.29486~Tasmanian eSchool
50.88034, 4.70964~Bednet
52.47307, 5.49423~Wereldschool
51.51072, 0.12446~Academus
52.25336, 0.10213~Cambridge Home School
51.51507, 0.09298~Cambrilearn
51.49927, -0.16639~Enjoy
51.4921185, -0.6090568~EtonX
51.5099285,-0.1408394~Inspired Group
51.5944251,-0.3794106~Nisai
51.4967745,-0.1434928~Nord Anglia Education
51.4639811,-0.113021~Minerva Virtual Academy
51.7487512,-1.2772662~Oxford Home Schooling
51.4918321,-0.1636804~Sophia High School
52.1957896,0.0987764~The Net School
51.7539637,-1.2939822~Wolsey Hall
59.404868,24.714469~Audentes
65.0167, 25.4667~Elukio
56.94481, 24.19162~Riga Distance Education Secondary School
62.14993, 6.07963~GlobalSkolen
59.91802, 10.74034~NKI
52.20109, 21.04591~Szkola Online
50.07058, 19.94489~Libratus
55.865464, -4.26894~Cloudlearn
55.97732162, -3.175404072~My Online Schooling
-26.1910301, 28.3101549~South African Virtual School
-29.7735728, 31.0347435~Clonard
59.3322324, 18.0288746~NTI School
39.9873518, -75.5750146~21st Century Cyber Charter School
32.360771, -86.328471~Access VL
26.1126524, -80.2603981~American High School
40.0806266, -80.9000916~ACE Digital Academy
38.8610591, -104.7814863~Achieve Online
40.057861, -75.647891~Achievement House Cyber Charter School
40.0992405, -75.4126214~Agora Cyber Charter School
39.67091, -104.81297~APS Online
40.046674, -75.123209~ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber School
42.2443277,-87.9554228~Virtual School of Illinois
61.6472491,27.0744432~Nettiperuskoulu
60.29414,25.04099~Sotungin Lukio
46.65112,0.37329~CNED
50.85045,4.34878~Class Contact
50.5504344,8.5293407~Deutsche Fernshule
49.4089636,11.1298665~Frankische Akademie e.V.
12.9914,77.5944~21K School
53.3356804,-6.2764506~iScoil
37.710569, -97.136401~Andover eCademy
45.1826081,-93.3035017~Anoka Hennepin Compass Online
43.5737361,-116.559631~Another Choice Virtual Charter School
44.2463222, -88.3725452~Appleton eSchool
47.607719, -122.334839~Apex Learning
53.5397409,-113.434578~Argyll Centre
39.2847243,-76.6001695~Arizona Connections Centre
33.5131071,-112.270364~Arizona Virtual Academy
12.304480, 124.644890~Bachillerato a Distancia Colegio de Madrid
39.1311222, -94.9393595~Basehor-Linwood Virtual School
36.1154743, -115.2523462~Beacon Academy of Nevada
68.35813728,-133.72586488723755~Northern Distance Learning
47.0692954, -122.3291885~Bethel Virtual Academy
44.8512082,-93.2435069~BlueSky Online
44.85120783333333, -93.24350683333333~BVSD Online
37.0190486, -103.8830841~Branson Online School
40.2555297, -111.6454785~BYU
-27.4931422, 153.0567459~Brisbane School of Distance Education
-31.951423643023364, 141.46301957849298~Broken Hill School of the Air
40.6191942, -80.5787744~Buckeye Online School for Success (BOSS)
36.1160767, -115.1086505~Nevada Learning Academy at CCSD
41.3513658, 2.1256439~CEAC
40.4118331, -3.6935402~CIDEAD
47.6223386, -122.6314222~Barker Creek Community School
-16.9233969, 145.7523551~CAIRNS School of Distance Education
33.6903, -117.8952464~Cal-Pac
34.2758312, -118.7980664~CAVA
-31.6502059, 152.7966126~Camden Haven High School
38.4461261, -105.2298449~Canon City Schools
33.4781505, -117.6710974~California Connections Academy
-23.5330961, 148.1525187~ Capricornia School of Distance Education
40.4691467, -78.4107871~CPDLF
53.6402134, -60.1417704~CDLI
-26.403781036768653, 146.24486585814637~Charleville School of Distance Education
-20.0889594, 146.2687266~Charters Towers School of Distance Education
43.8937516,-96.9268645~Chester Area Cyber School
44.854400, -93.355100~EdOptions Academy
27.903170,-82.699370~Pinellas Virtual School
51.509861,-0.140650~Academy 21
51.526161,-0.087720~Afghan College for Girls
53.373970,-1.221540~EdClass
53.485531,-2.234420~Gaia Education
51.576865,-0.406005~Highgrove Education
52.119785,0.168842~National Extension College (NEC)
51.778903,-1.265801~Oxford Online School
52.656505,-1.117856~Spark Academy
51.398007,-0.216206~Svitlo School
51.420292,-0.21041~TCES
51.642334,-0.212~The British Online School (BOS)
51.459244,-0.132848~International British Online School (iBOS)
51.518467,-0.142405~UK Virtual School
40.741895,-73.989308~The British International School Ukraine
</display_map>[[File:Virtual school page add your school.png|alt=Navy blue circle with text reading 'help us populate the list' accompanied by a speech bubble containing a question mark. The second sentence reads 'add your school/college' accompanied by a plus sign. Both icons and text are in mint green colour. |thumb|Call to action - Wiki Community please add your virtual school/college to the list.]]
 
=== List of worldwide virtual schools ===
 
==== Category in Progress (help us populate it - tell us the name of your virtual school, website address and longitude/latitude) ====
 
See [[:Category:Virtual schools 2023]]
==== List in Progress (early days) ====
 
In the past lists of schools were added to separate pages along with individual school pages. It remains our long-term aim to update all the old list (of over 500 virtual schools).


'''LIST IN PROGRESS'''
However, as many users will obtain the information they require directly from a schools' website, a collapsible list is provided below of current, operational virtual schools with key information: country, institution and UR. This also ''reduces'' the number of clicks to locate information.


In the past lists of schools were added to separate pages along with individual school pages. As many will obtain the information they require directly from a schools' website, a collapsible list is provided below of current, operational virtual schools. This also ''reduces'' the number of clicks to locate information.


If the Virtual Learning Wiki Community denotes individual pages are more useful, then this will become a feature in the future. Please add your thoughts to the virtual/online school [[Talk:Virtual school|discussion page]]. Remember as a wiki, you can edit this page and the information listed. We welcome edits to the list and further columns you feel would be most useful.      
Remember if you become an editor on this wiki, you can edit this page and the information listed. We welcome edits to the list and further columns you feel would be most useful.


==== Terminology ====
==== Terminology ====
HO - Head Office.       
HO - Head Office.       
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|+2023 List of Virtual Schools (K-12)
|+List of Virtual Schools (K-12)
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|Academus
|Academus
|http://academus.org.uk/
|http://academus.org.uk/
|-
|England
|Academy 21
|https://academy21.co.uk/
|-
|England
|Afghan School for Girls
|https://afghancollegeforgirls.com/
|-
|-
|England
|England
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|England
|England
|Cambridge Home School
|Cambridge Home School Online
|https://www.chsonline.org.uk/
|https://www.chsonline.org.uk/
|-
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|CambriLearn
|CambriLearn
|https://www.cambrilearn.com/
|https://www.cambrilearn.com/
|-
|England
|Dukes Education
|https://dukeseducation.com
|-
|England
|EdClass
|https://edclass.com/
|-
|-
|England
|England
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|EtonX
|EtonX
|https://etonx.com/
|https://etonx.com/
|-
|England
|Gaia Education
|https://www.gaialearning.co.uk/
|-
|England
|Highgrove Education
|https://highgroveeducation.com/
|-
|England (HO), Dubai
|International British School Online (iBOS)
|https://ibos.school
|-
|-
|England
|England
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|Kings InterHigh
|Kings InterHigh
|https://kingsinterhigh.co.uk/
|https://kingsinterhigh.co.uk/
|-
|England
|National Extension College (NEC)
|https://www.nec.ac.uk/about/
|-
|-
|England (HO), Australia, Japan,  
|England (HO), Australia, Japan,  
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|England
|England
|Minerva Virtual Academy
|Minerva Virtual Academy
|https://minervatutors.co.uk/homeschooling/virtual-academy/
|https://www.minervavirtual.com
|-
|-
|England
|England
|Oxford Home  
|Oxford Home  
|https://www.oxfordhomeschooling.co.uk/
|https://www.oxfordhomeschooling.co.uk/
|-
|England
|Oxford Online School
|https://www.oxfordonlineschool.org/
|-
|England
|Rugby School Online
|https://www.rugbyschoolonline.co.uk
|-
|-
|England
|England
|Sophia High School
|Sophia High School
|https://sophiahigh.school/
|https://sophiahigh.school/
|-
|England
|Spark Academy
|https://www.spark-academy.co.uk/
|-
|England
|Svitlo School
|https://www.svitloschool.com/
|-
|England
|TCES National Online School
|https://www.tcesnationalonlineschool.org.uk
|-
|England
|The British Online School
|https://britishonlineschool.co.uk
|-
|-
|England
|England
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|The Online School
|The Online School
|https://theonlineschool.uk/
|https://theonlineschool.uk/
|-
|England
|UK Virtual School (UKVS)
|https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk
|-
|-
|England
|England
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|NTI
|NTI
|https://nti.se/
|https://nti.se/
|-
|Ukraine
|The British International School Ukraine
|https://britishschool.ua/online-school/
|-
|-
|USA
|USA
|21st Century Cyber Charter School
|21st Century Cyber Charter School
|https://21cccs.org/
|https://21cccs.org/
|-
|USA
|ACCESS Virtual Learning
|https://accessdl.state.al.us/
|-
|-
|USA
|USA
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|Achievement House Online Charter School
|Achievement House Online Charter School
|https://info.achievementcharter.com/public
|https://info.achievementcharter.com/public
|-
|USA
|Agora Cyber Charter School
|https://agora.org/
|-
|-
|USA
|USA
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|ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber School
|ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber School
|https://www.abccs.org
|https://www.abccs.org
|-
|USA
|EdOptions Academy
|https://www.edoptionsacademy.com/welcome
|-
|-
|USA
|USA
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|-
|USA
|USA
|
|Pinella Virtual School
|
|https://www.pcsb.org/Page/79
|}
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# '''[[:Category:Virtual schools in the US]]'''
# '''[[:Category:Virtual schools in the US]]'''


Some of these country categories seem too detailed, eg Turkey and South Africa. Others may be needed soon, eg for UK, Sweden and Finland.
Some of these country categories seem too detailed, eg Turkey and South Africa. Others may be needed soon, e.g. for UK, Sweden and Finland.


Note that '''Ceased virtual schools''' (those that no longer exist) have their own category - [[:Category:Ceased virtual schools]]
Note that '''Ceased virtual schools''' (those that no longer exist) have their own category - [[:Category:Ceased virtual schools]]

Latest revision as of 17:55, 27 August 2024

Special Issue of the journal "Education Sciences" on "Virtual Schools" (online K-12 providers)

Attention: All authors of journal articles about virtual schools!

The Special Issue aims to consolidate cutting-edge research and insights into K-12 virtual schools to serve as a comprehensive resource for researchers, policy makers, school leaders and virtual school teachers.

Its full title is "Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned and Implications for Digital K-12 and Other Sectors of Education" (Guest Editors: Paul Bacsich, Sara de Freitas and Bieke Schreurs).

The deadline for submissions is now 1 October 2024.

Education Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access journal.

Virtual Schools

(Legacy school pages currently being reviewed, see below for up to date list in progress) In a hurry? See Category:Virtual_schools

To list all the virtual schools in a country or region click on Special:RunQuery/List Virtual Schools by country

Wikipedia defines a virtual school as "an institution that teaches courses entirely or primarily through online methods". We impose the further restriction that the courses are similar (in purpose and outcome) to those normally taken by school-age children - but there may be a few students in the virtual school who are beyond school leaving age.

Lists of virtual schools

See categories at the bottom of the page for quick links to relevant initiatives.

Global Virtual Schools Map

This static map is generated using Leaflet Maps, featuring the schools we've checked as still in operation since we began the process in 2023, listed below the map.

Please note this map is in progress (early stages of being populated).
Loading map...
Navy blue circle with text reading 'help us populate the list' accompanied by a speech bubble containing a question mark. The second sentence reads 'add your school/college' accompanied by a plus sign. Both icons and text are in mint green colour.
Call to action - Wiki Community please add your virtual school/college to the list.

List of worldwide virtual schools

Category in Progress (help us populate it - tell us the name of your virtual school, website address and longitude/latitude)

See Category:Virtual schools 2023

List in Progress (early days)

In the past lists of schools were added to separate pages along with individual school pages. It remains our long-term aim to update all the old list (of over 500 virtual schools).

However, as many users will obtain the information they require directly from a schools' website, a collapsible list is provided below of current, operational virtual schools with key information: country, institution and UR. This also reduces the number of clicks to locate information.


Remember if you become an editor on this wiki, you can edit this page and the information listed. We welcome edits to the list and further columns you feel would be most useful.

Terminology

HO - Head Office.

List of Virtual Schools (K-12)
Country Virtual school Website
Africa The African Virtual School https://sendfox.com/lp/m88482
Australia SIDE https://www.side.wa.edu.au/
Australia Southern Cross https://sthcrossc-d.schools.nsw.gov.au/
Australia Tasmanian eSchool https://www.tasmanianeschool.education.tas.edu.au/
Belgium Acadin https://www.acadin.nl/informatie/informatie-en-ontwikkelingen/
Belgium Bednet https://www.bednet.be/
Chile Colegio Online https://www.colegionline.com/que-es-colegio-online/
Denmark Wereldschool https://www.wereldschool.nl/afstandsonderwijs/
England Academus http://academus.org.uk/
England Academy 21 https://academy21.co.uk/
England Afghan School for Girls https://afghancollegeforgirls.com/
England Brite School http://www.briteschool.co.uk/
England Cambridge Home School Online https://www.chsonline.org.uk/
England (HO), South Africa CambriLearn https://www.cambrilearn.com/
England Dukes Education https://dukeseducation.com
England EdClass https://edclass.com/
England Enjoy https://www.enjoyeducation.co.uk/
England EtonX https://etonx.com/
England Gaia Education https://www.gaialearning.co.uk/
England Highgrove Education https://highgroveeducation.com/
England (HO), Dubai International British School Online (iBOS) https://ibos.school
England Kings College Online https://www.kingscollegeonline.com/
England Kings InterHigh https://kingsinterhigh.co.uk/
England National Extension College (NEC) https://www.nec.ac.uk/about/
England (HO), Australia, Japan,

South Africa, Malaysia

Nisai https://www.nisai.com
England Nord Anglia https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/
England Minerva Virtual Academy https://www.minervavirtual.com
England Oxford Home https://www.oxfordhomeschooling.co.uk/
England Oxford Online School https://www.oxfordonlineschool.org/
England Rugby School Online https://www.rugbyschoolonline.co.uk
England Sophia High School https://sophiahigh.school/
England Spark Academy https://www.spark-academy.co.uk/
England Svitlo School https://www.svitloschool.com/
England TCES National Online School https://www.tcesnationalonlineschool.org.uk
England The British Online School https://britishonlineschool.co.uk
England The Net School https://www.net-school.co.uk/
England The Online School https://theonlineschool.uk/
England UK Virtual School (UKVS) https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk
England Wolseley Hall https://wolseyhalloxford.org.uk/
Estonia Audentes https://internationalschool.ee/
Finland eLukio http://www.elukio.fi/etusivu
Finland Nettiperuskoulu https://nettiperuskoulu.fi/
Finland Sotungin lukio https://sotunginlukio.vantaa.fi/fi
France CNED https://www.cned.fr/primaire
France Class Contact https://classcontact.be/
Germany Deutsche Fernshule https://www.deutsche-fernschule.de/
Germany Frankische Akademie e.V. https://www.abendgymnasien.de/index.html
Ghana LSIS Virtual School https://lsis.openapply.com/
India 21K School https://www.21kschool.com/
Ireland iScoil https://iscoil.ie/
Latvia Riga Distance Education Secondary School https://www.talmacibasvsk.lv/
Norway Globalskolen https://globalskolen.no/en/
Norway NKI https://www.nki.no/
Poland Szkola Online https://szkola-online.pl/
Poland Liberatus https://www.libratus.edu.pl/
Scotland CloudLearn https://cloudlearn.co.uk/
Scotland My Online Schooling https://myonlineschooling.co.uk
South Africa South African Virtual School https://www.campusnet.co.za/savs
South Africa Clonard Distance Edcation https://www.clonard.co.za/
South Africa (HO), USA Think Digital Academy https://www.thinkdigitalacademy.org/
Sweden NTI https://nti.se/
Ukraine The British International School Ukraine https://britishschool.ua/online-school/
USA 21st Century Cyber Charter School https://21cccs.org/
USA ACCESS Virtual Learning https://accessdl.state.al.us/
USA American High School https://www.americanhighschool.org/
USA ACE Digital Academy https://www.acedigitalacademy.net/
USA Achieve Online https://www.d11.org/Achieve
USA Achievement House Online Charter School https://info.achievementcharter.com/public
USA Agora Cyber Charter School https://agora.org/
USA APS Online https://online.aurorak12.org/
USA ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber School https://www.abccs.org
USA EdOptions Academy https://www.edoptionsacademy.com/welcome
USA Illinois Virtual Schools and Academy https://illinoisvirtual.org/
USA Pinella Virtual School https://www.pcsb.org/Page/79

Useful Notes

Bednet and Class Contact connect sick children to their classroom virtually.

The following schools are all part of the Inspired Education Group Kings InterHigh, Kings College Online, My Online Schooling.



Legacy Lists

2020 List of virtual schools

The list curated for 2020 can be located here: Category:2020_Virtual_schools

2011 List of virtual schools

Our global list created in 2011 is at Category:Virtual schools - it is known not to have full coverage of US.

We also categorise virtual schools by major continental region

  1. Category:Virtual schools in Africa
  2. Category:Virtual schools in Asia
  3. Category:Virtual schools in Australasia
  4. Category:Virtual schools in Europe
  5. Category:Virtual schools in Latin America

Because of the large number of virtual schools in North America, they are categorised by US and Canada.

Soon it is expected that we will have:

  1. Category:Virtual schools in Caribbean
  2. Category:Virtual schools in Pacific and Indian ocean islands


For those countries where a lot of virtual schools are expected we also categorise by country. So far the list is:

  1. Category:Virtual schools in Australia
  2. Category:Virtual schools in Brazil
  3. Category:Virtual schools in Canada
  4. Category:Virtual schools in New Zealand
  5. Category:Virtual schools in South Africa
  6. Category:Virtual schools in Turkey
  7. Category:Virtual schools in the US

Some of these country categories seem too detailed, eg Turkey and South Africa. Others may be needed soon, e.g. for UK, Sweden and Finland.

Note that Ceased virtual schools (those that no longer exist) have their own category - Category:Ceased virtual schools


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