Utah´s Online Electronic High School Leads The Nation In Student Enrollment - Deseret Morning News

“More than 50,000 Utah students are earning high school credit from their bedrooms, dens and kitchens. And though the Electronic High School may not be the easiest way to earn credits, students are flocking to the program to catch up on classes, graduate early or just fit a few more electives into their school days.

Currently Utah has the largest online learning program in the country. Florida is a distant second with just over 20,000 enrolled.

Richard Siddoway, principl of the Electronic High School, said Utah had a jump on the rest of the nation in establishing the program. While other states started creating online courses in the late ’90s, the program debuted in Utah in 1993 ? before Netscape, Explorer and other browsers.”
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