COOS BAY, Ore. -- The new school year is coming up fast but for one local family the classroom is right inside their home.

5th grader Nathan Mullanix attends Oregon Connections Academy. He’s one of 4,000 students across the state enrolled in online public charter schools.

Salem Statesman Journal
By Marci Cammann

With the New Year approaching and, in many schools, a new semester starting soon, families may be considering other options for their child’s education such as transferring schools midyear. For some it might mean moving to a different brick-and-mortar school, for others private school, homeschooling or online public school.

Portland Press Herald
By Noel K. Gallahger

The ability to tailor classwork around competing demands and other needs gives some young people – and teachers – a viable alternative when traditional education proves an imperfect fit.

Six college applications once seemed like a lot. Submitting eight was a mark of great ambition. For a growing number of increasingly anxious high school seniors, figures like that now sound like just a starting point.

Getting Smart
By Jessica Slusser

This week at the iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium, the Evergreen Education Group released their 2014 Keeping Pace With K-12 Digital Learning Report. Their 11th annual report tracks online and blended learning policy, practice and landscape across the 50 states. With the continued increase in outsourced jobs and more of our careers becoming automated, it is of great importance that we innovate education and create a 21st century learning environment and experiences for all students.