Vote today!

INDIANA:

VOTE!!! 

Eric Miller, Founder & Executive Director of Advance America, released the 2009-2010 "Voting Record."  One of the questions on their publication asks if legislators (House Representatives and State Senators) are favorable to "Freedom for Private & Home Schools.  Click here to see the record.

DON'T FORGET - MAY 8TH FIELD TRIP!!!

Family Fun Day

  • Date: Sat, May 8, 2010
  • Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
  • Place: Southland Skate Center, 6611 Bluff Road, Indianapolis, IN 46217

Cost of this event is $2 per child and will include admission, skate rental, a drink, popcorn, and a hot dog! This event is in partnership with the Hoosier Academies and both Virtual Pilot Schools.   Email your interest to attend to info@indianavirtualfamilies.org.

Share your story!

Your short stories on the value of virtual learning would be greatly appreciated!  Please send us a photo along with a paragraph explaining how virtual learning has been valuable to info@indianavirtualfamilies.org.

Students using new technology for ISTEP

WTHR-TV, Indianapolis - This year students are taking the ISTEP in the Spring instead of the Fall and many of them are using new technology.  For example, 90 fourth grade students at Brookview Elementary in Warren Township are using computers to take the test online rather than using pencils and paper. It was first introduced last year, and the state Department of Education is encouraging schools to try it. Across the state, a total of 166 schools are now using the online technology to complete the multiple choice portion of the ISTEP.  Click here to read full article.

NATIONAL:

This Fordham Institute study finds that the typical charter school in America today lacks the autonomy it needs to succeed, once state, authorizer, and other impositions are considered. Though the average state earns an encouraging B+ for the freedom its charter law confers upon schools, individual state grades in this sphere range from A to F. Authorizer contracts add another layer of restrictions that, on average, drop schools' autonomy grade to B-. (Federal policy and other state and local statutes likely push it down further.) School districts are particularly restrictive authorizers. The study was conducted by Public Impact.