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Illinois Virtual High School
The Illinois Virtual High School (IVS) is… located in the US state of Illinois. IVS serves students from a number of districts, including the very large Chicago Public School District to Tremont, a small, rural district. IVS employs 70 Illinois certified, highly qualified teachers, who offer supplemental online courses students in grades 5-12.
The cost of courses is $250.00 per course in the Fall and Spring semesters. Summer courses are $225 per course.
The Illinois State Board of Education has managed and operated the Illinois Virtual School since April 2009.
IVS uses the open source HippoCampus for content.
The Illinois Virtual High School web site is at http://.........
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References
- "A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning", iNACOL, October 2010, http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/national_report.pdf
- Illinois Virtual High School web site,
- "Keeping Pace With Online Learning: An Annual Review of Policy and Practice", Evergreen Education Group, 2010, http://kpk12.com/reports/