Full-Time Virtual School Comes to Iowa

by Jessica Daley

Computers are vital to a new type of school in Iowa: a full-time virtual school.

When you think of a school classroom, you most likely envision a teacher surrounded by kids, chalkboards, textbooks.

Iowa Connections Academy is opening its virtual doors to students across the state with its full-time online K-12 public school. It’s a program offered statewide by the CAM Community School District in southwest Iowa. It’s taught by Iowa-licensed teachers and students must meet all the same state requirements.

The Connections Academy has been around for 10 years with schools in 21 states and 40,000 students. They are nationally accredited and are hoping to bring virtual schools to students throughout Iowa starting in the fall.

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