Virtual learning can increase student performance and save taxpayer dollars, according to an Op-Ed by Michael Van Beek, the Center’s director of education policy, which appears in the Detroit Free Press today.
Michigan law, however, limits opportunities for virtual learning, which legislators should address “to unlock the full potential of this approach.”
Van Beek also is author of a new study titled “Virtual Learning in Michigan’s Schools.”
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