Connections Academy
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Connections Academy in the United States
is a company which runs free public school
that students attend from home. It combines aspects of homeschooling
with those of traditional public education
.
The individual schools are operated in cooperation with or under contract to local school districts or local charter schools.
Connections Academy is a virtual educational program (also known as virtual school
or cyber school) serving students in grades K-12, depending on the state. Certified teachers work with students and a parent or other adult, referred to as a "Learning Coach," to deliver instruction. The Connections Academy program is accredited by the AdvancED
Accreditation Commission.
Connections Academy also offers an online private school for grades K–12 called National Connections Academy which includes more advanced and strict schooling regiments.
http://www.connectionsacademy.com/our-schools/availability.aspx
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
is a company which runs free public school
Public education
State schools, also known in the United States and Canada as public schools,In much of the Commonwealth, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, the terms 'public education', 'public school' and 'independent school' are used for private schools, that is, schools...
that students attend from home. It combines aspects of homeschooling
Homeschooling
Homeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school...
with those of traditional public education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
.
The individual schools are operated in cooperation with or under contract to local school districts or local charter schools.
Connections Academy is a virtual educational program (also known as virtual school
Virtual school
A virtual school or cyberschool describes an institution that teaches courses entirely or primarily through online methods. Though there are tens of thousands of commercial and non-accredited courses available online, the term "virtual school" is generally reserved for accredited schools that teach...
or cyber school) serving students in grades K-12, depending on the state. Certified teachers work with students and a parent or other adult, referred to as a "Learning Coach," to deliver instruction. The Connections Academy program is accredited by the AdvancED
AdvancED
AdvancED is a private organization that accredits primary and secondary schools throughout the United States. The organization is based in Georgia. AdvanceED was formed in 2006 by the consolidation of the pre-college divisions of two of the U.S...
Accreditation Commission.
Schools
There are Connections Academy schools in 18 states (as of March 2010):- Arizona: Arizona Connections Academy
- California:
- Capistrano Connections Academy (Southern CA)
- Central California Connections Academy
- Colorado: Colorado Connections Academy
- Florida: Florida Virtual School Full Time
- Idaho: INSPIRE, the Idaho Connections Academy
- Indiana: Indiana Connections Academy
- Kansas: Kansas Connections Academy
- Louisiana: Louisiana Connections Academy
- Michigan: Michigan Connections Academyhttp://www.connectionsacademy.com/michigan-school/home.aspx
- Minnesota: MTS Minnesota Connections academy
- National: NACA National Connections Academy
- Nevada: Nevada Connections Academy
- Minnesota: MTS Minnesota Connections Academy
- Ohio: Ohio Connections AcademyOhio Connections AcademyOhio Connections Academy is an online public K-12 school that serves students throughout Ohio. The school opened in 2003 with teaching centers in Worthington, Cincinnati, and Cleveland....
- Oregon: Oregon Connections AcademyOregon Connections AcademyOregon Connections Academy , is a virtual charter school affiliated with the Scio School District in Scio, Oregon, United States. The district contracts operation to Apollo Management, a Baltimore, Maryland company operating similar Connections Academies in other states.-School profile:As of...
, Scio, OregonScio, OregonScio is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States. The population was 838 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-History:... - Pennsylvania: Commonwealth Connections Academy
- South Carolina: South Carolina Connections Academy
- Texas: Texas Connections Academy @ Houston, Houston, TexasHouston, TexasHouston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
- Wisconsin: Wisconsin Connections Academy
- Wyoming: Jackson Hole Connections Academy
Connections Academy also offers an online private school for grades K–12 called National Connections Academy which includes more advanced and strict schooling regiments.
http://www.connectionsacademy.com/our-schools/availability.aspx