For those of you familiar with how the days of the week work, please understand that I know it is not Thursday. Yet, in honor of the kickoff of the Virtual School Symposium 2011, I felt it was necessary to post the second half of my interview with Innosight Institute co-founder Michael Horn while the subject is in everyone's mind.

It's National Distance Education Week and what better way to celebrate than with another Online Education Weekly News Roundup. This edition has news about online degrees in Uganda, funding for the Khan Academy, and Idaho's controversial new education policy. Enjoy!

Even as he was co-founding the Innosight Institute with the purpose of rethinking  and developing solutions to the world’s educational inefficiencies, Michael Horn never thought he would spend more than a few years at the think tank before moving on to other projects. Now he is considered one of the leaders in the field of online education.

Announcing our latest feature to the OnlineSchools.com blog, and we are calling it “You’ve Got Mail, We’ve Got Answers." In this edition we tackle the question of whether there is a way to earn your GED online. Check it out.

Deciding between traditional and online schooling is already agonizing enough, but once you decide to enroll your student in an online school, the process is only half over. Thanks to the increased popularity of online education, there are literally hundreds of online K-12 schools strewn across the country, and more are becoming accredited every day.

While most of the country geared up for an exciting Halloween weekend, the online education world didn't stop turning. In this week's online education news roundup we highlight important studies, grants, and degrees, while also showing that -- as always -- not everyone agrees on the future and effectiveness of online education.

Blogger and mom Jennifer Fink shares how she personalizes the education of her two boys--and how you can too.

The Weekly Roundup is back with news on India's foray into online learning, new classes directed at teachers interested in online learning, and fun infographics about the state of online education.

Stanford announced it was putting three of its computer science courses online, for free. Before the classes could even start, more than 200,000 students had signed up for the classes and already they had begun interacting with each other. Is this a sign for the future of online learning, or is it just an isolated example of success?

Despite ongoing labor negotiations during the NBA lockout, one former player and current union representative still found time to go back to school and earn his college degree, he even used online learning to avoid scheduling conflicts.