Taking Lessons From the Pandemic, Wichita's Virtual School Alters Its Approach For Fall
Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service Last spring, Wichita families clamoring for online learning options quickly snapped up 500 spots at Education Imagine Academy, a K-12 virtual school that allows students to work at their own pace. Next school year, many of those students will return to traditional, in-person schools. Others plan to remain at the virtual academy. And the online school is changing its approach based on lessons learned from the pandemic. "There’s been negative feedback, and we know that virtual school is not for every family," said Amanda Young, program manager of...