North Carolina Virtual Public School

The North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) is a US state virtual school founded in 2002. It had 73,600 course enrollments in 2009-10, the second highest number of enrollments of any state virtual school; this represents a 369% increase from 15,721 enrollments in 2008-09.

The school's stated purpose is to provide courses that students are unable to take at their local schools (and ultimately to "provide skills, student support, and opportunities for 21st century learners to succeed in a globally competitive world").

The North Carolina Virtual Public School web site is at http://www.ncvps.org/.

More Details

North Carolina Virtual Public School was the second state virtual school in the US (after FLVS) to be funded based on a funding formula tied to the state’s public education formula. However, NCVPS is funded for 2010-11 based on 2009-10 enrollment figures, i.e. the funding does not map to student completion.

NCVPS offers over 100 "supplemental"-type courses, e.g. Advanced Placement (AP), world language, occupational and credit recovery courses to students across the state of North Carolina.

Courses utilise the Blackboard course management system. Teachers may utilise video, interactive whiteboards, wikis, "active worlds" and online discussion tools.

References

• North Carolina Virtual Public School web site, http://www.ncvps.org/
• "A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning", iNACOL, October 2010, http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/national_report.pdf

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