She said there are benefits of the virtual school model. RELATED: Ketchikan’s distance learning program was ready to scale up. “Commissioner Johnson wanted to be able to offer options basically that would be free of charge for schools and for families,” said Tammy Van Wyhe, division director for innovation and education excellence at the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. State officials defended the decision as a necessary, temporary measure that would provide students with education as classrooms closed, and lessons went online. Jeb Bush’s recommendation to Alaska Commissioner of Education Michael Johnson. The program could cost the state more than $500,000.Īlaska’s contract with the online school followed former Florida Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration announced plans to contract with the Florida Virtual School to provide online classes to students for free. Last month, as classes around the state moved online, Gov.
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