The Colorado Department of Education the state鈥檚 top online teachers at Colorado Virtual Academy, Monte Vista Online Academy and Colorado Connections Academy.
Next week the Colorado Board of Education will recognize elementary school teacher Deborah Sudbeck of , Social Studies Teacher Ethan Huff and Language Arts Teacher Wayne Sheldrake of and English Teacher Justin Siddall of .
Since online K-12 schools launched a decade ago in the state, Colorado now has more than 16,000 online students, and teaching is a key part of the online experience. In 2011, Colorado was home to the National Online Teacher of the Year, Krista Kipp at .
In contrast to teachers like Sudbeck who are flourishing at Colorado Virtual Academy, how some teachers at the state鈥檚 largest online school are getting short changed. Records show that middle and high school English teachers were responsible for overseeing as many as 240 students last school year. Meantime, 77 cents out of every taxpayer dollar was going to the school鈥檚 management company, for-profit
from legislators like Democratic Sen. Brandon Shaffer last fall, there are just three more days left before the Colorado General Assembly ends. This makes it highly unlikely we鈥檒l see any legislation this session.
The Colorado Department of Education started . The International Association for K-12 Online Learning has , which include 11 categories.
