Wisconsin Virtual School

The Wisconsin Virtual School (WVS) is an online course service provider that partners with school districts throughout the US state of Wisconsin, to offer online courses to middle and high school students who are residents of the state.

It had 2,212 course enrollments in 2009-10, an increase of 26% from the previous year. WVS also had an increase of approximately 70% in summer school enrollments in 2010.

As noted on their web site:

[WVS] takes care of the details, providing the content, platform, Wisconsin-certified online teachers, technical support, training, server, and much more. With WVS, districts can offer online options to their students with minimal cost and time. Districts retain control of key policy decisions and the enrollment. WVS helps districts define their policies for online learning.

WVS was founded in 2000. It has an annual budget of $594,851 and is funded largely through course fees.

The Wisconsin Virtual School web site is at http://www.wisconsinvirtualschool.org/

References

• "A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning", iNACOL, October 2010, http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/national_report.pdf
• "Keeping Pace With Online Learning: An Annual Review of Policy and Practice", Evergreen Education Group, 2010, http://kpk12.com/reports/; state profile at http://www.kpk12.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/EEG_KP2010-stateprof-WI.pdf
• Wisconsin Virtual School web site, http://www.wisconsinvirtualschool.org/

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