For-profit program provided free last year was discontinued for lack of funds
By Arin Gencer | arin.gencer@baltsun.com
8:50 PM EST, March 3, 2009
A group of Baltimore County parents whose children participated in an online learning program that the school system did not fund this year has formed an organization to push for access to alternative education throughout the state.
The founders of Emerging Minds of Maryland, which is incorporating this week, were among several parents who for months repeatedly urged the school board to find money to continue a one-year pilot program. The online Connections Academy gave their children a chance to learn in ways the conventional classroom did not - and at their own pace, the parents said. Read more…
Tags: advocacy, Autism, Baltimore County, Baltimore Sun, Connections Academy, Gifted and Talented, Maryland, National Coalition, Online Learning, Special Needs, Virtual Instruction
