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- noun A
school offeringcourses over theInternet rather than in its own physical premises.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The reason I didn't choose this one: The online information is condescending in the same way public schools are ("WE know more than YOU about what's good for your child; you have to do it our way because we are RIGHT.") and it isn't really a "cyberschool" (one that takes advantage of the possibilities of technology), just a paper school administered online.
Archive 2007-08-01 Becca 2007
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This is also a branch of a national "franchise" kind of cyberschool, but it is only in Colorado, Ohio, and Pennsylvania so far.
Archive 2007-08-01 Becca 2007
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The reason I didn't choose this one: The online information is condescending in the same way public schools are ("WE know more than YOU about what's good for your child; you have to do it our way because we are RIGHT.") and it isn't really a "cyberschool" (one that takes advantage of the possibilities of technology), just a paper school administered online.
CyberSchools Becca 2007
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This is also a branch of a national "franchise" kind of cyberschool, but it is only in Colorado, Ohio, and Pennsylvania so far.
CyberSchools Becca 2007
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The cyberschool approach is fast becoming ordinary at high schools and colleges in America, Europe and in other developed nations.
John M. Eger: Cyberschools, Cyberlearning Integral to Education's Future John M. Eger 2011
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By law, the district must send those students' share of local and state tax dollars—in this case $340,000—to the cyberschool.
My Teacher Is an App Stephanie Banchero 2011
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He owned a very small house in PA that the family only visited occasionally and claimed residency there so that he could soak PA citizens for $100,000 in cyberschool funds!
Santorum plans foreign policy speech in key primary state 2010
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The cyberschool approach is fast becoming ordinary at high schools and colleges in America, Europe and in other developed nations.
John M. Eger: Cyberschools, Cyberlearning Integral to Education's Future John M. Eger 2011
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But we've learned a few things about him since he refused to turn his work in at the cyberschool in Colorado.
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When a local newspaper pointed out this anomaly and others followed its lead, the senator withdrew his children from the cyberschool, said that henceforth they'd be home-schooled, and so far has not offered to repay the school district.
MAIL CALL 2007
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