Jennifer Fink makes the case for why she thinks outdoor physical activity has a positive effect on her children's performance in school. 

As the mother of homeschooled children, it's important for Kathryn Harvey to replicate the classroom setting for them every once in awhile. In this edition of Mom Tips, Harvey explains the idea of a homeschool co-op.

We sit down with Rocketship Education to explain how the nonprofit charter school network has been so successful in their initial attempts to bring technology to the classroom and to eliminate the achievement gap, starting in San Jose, Calif.

Our friends at the online test prep provider, BenchPrep, offer their advice to students and parents who are torn between taking the SAT or the ACT.

In our latest installment of "Mom Tips", homeschooling mom extraordinaire Kathryn Harvey talks about some of her favorite iPad apps to use for homeschooling, including the NASA app, Science360, and BrainPOP.

Learn about 50 companies using the latest online, mobile and social media techniques to update the process of education.

We sat down with Jason Neiffer, the curriculum director at the Montana Digital Academy to discuss the best way to prepare teachers for online classes, why he thinks the role of the teacher is more important than ever, his thoughts on innovations in online learning, and some of his favorite educational technology resources.

A new weekly roundup that includes rankings of online colleges, educational technology trends to watch for in 2012, and legislation that might bring online education to the mainstream in California.

We sat down with Jason Neiffer, the curriculum director at the Montana Digital Academy to discuss his experiences at an online university, the challenges that come with developing a comprehensive online curriculum, and some of the differences he has seen between teaching online and teaching in a traditional setting.

Like the rest of the country, we here at Online Schools had a nice, long vacation for the holidays, but now it is a new year, our batteries are recharged, and we are ready to start pumping out more content on this blog than ever before. So here is another dose of news about the online education world from across the interwebs. Enjoy!