KCDL’s products include Aventa Learning, with more than 140 core, elective and Advanced Placement courses; Keystone School, an online private school for middle and high school students; and iQ Academies, which are statewide online public schools for middle and high school students in six states.

In 2009, KCDL reported revenues of $34.7 million, growing 47.1 percent above 2008.

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The for-profit e-learning company K12 Inc. grew 40 percent last year, generating $385 million in revenue by providing virtual courses to 70,000 students across the country. Connections Academy, another such provider, generated about $120 million in revenue serving up online courses to some 20,000 students. And last month, the education technology company PLATO Learning announced that it is now offering online Advanced Placement courses, marking the first time the company will do so as part of its courseware for school districts.

Experts say for-profit providers of online courses—long seen as an option for home-schoolers and a potential rival to public schools—are breaking into the public education mainstream as more schools mix face-to-face classes and online courses to expand their curricular offerings. With demand for that “blended” approach expected to grow, other players in the online-coursetaking marketplace, such as Apex Learning, Aventa Learning, Compass Learning, and Kaplan Virtual Education, are also seeking business in public schools.

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While her graduation represents a rite of passage for many who are Goodrich’s age, it also represents the new American trend of online education. Goodrich, 18, is one of an increasing number of high school pupils who attend and finish high school by taking online classes.

Goodrich graduated from The Insight School, soon to enter its third year of operation.

Nineteen percent of high school students in the U.S. attended online classes in the 2007-2008 school year, Insight spokesman George Fiddler said.

“A certified online Minnesota high school like Insight is just one of many choices for high school children in our state. It works a lot like open enrollment would,” said Christine Du Four, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Education.

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iQ Academy Minnesota will host a social event at Knute Nelson Memorial Ballpark, home of the Alexandria Beetles baseball team, on Tuesday, July 13 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Prospective students and their families are invited to attend along with current students to learn more about online education. Current students of iQ Academy will have the opportunity to meet and interact in an in-person social environment with their classmates.

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MINNEAPOLIS, Jul 02, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Capella Education Company (CPLA 78.67, -1.40, -1.75%) , a provider of exclusively online post-secondary education through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella University, today announced that it will release second quarter 2010 financial results before the open of the market on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. A live conference call and Webcast discussing second quarter results is scheduled for the same day at 9:00 a.m. eastern time (ET).

To participate in the live call, investors should dial 866.385.4179 (domestic) or 706.679.1492 (international) at 8:50 a.m. (ET) and provide conference ID# 85824266. The Webcast will be available on the Capella Education Company web site at www.capellaeducation.com.

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Mounds View high schools will take one step further into the computer age next year.

The district plans to offer several online classes to juniors and seniors. Students who have registered for those classes will spend 60 to 80 percent of their course time on the computer, either at home or in a computer lab at Mounds View High School in Arden Hills and Irondale High School in New Brighton. Classroom time will be arranged by the instructor and might take the form of a once-a-week seminar, said RoAnne Elliott, Mounds View schools director of curriculum and instruction. Elliott calls the online courses “hybrid” because they combine classroom and online study.

“The teacher might say, ‘If I’ve got 30 kids in this hybrid course, instead of meeting all of them, I’m going to break the class into smaller groups, or meet all at the same time, ” Elliott said. “You can have a day where the teacher can meet with individual students, or small groups of students.”

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