K-12 Blended Learning Profiles of Emerging Models

This paper profiles 40 organizations that have blended or have plans to blend online learning with brick-and-mortar classrooms. These represent a range of operators, including state virtual schools, charter management organizations, individual charter schools, independent schools, districts, and private entities. The organizations profiled in this paper are not a "top 40" list. Thousands of other schools are currently participating in blended learning and may have superior programs. Furthermore, this report does not provide a comprehensive market analysis, but rather a survey that offers a more intimate look at a small sample, with the intention to identify emerging models. Included in this report are: (1) List of programs by model; (2) Technology wish list; and (3) Policy wish list. (Contains 12 figures.)

Staker, H. (2011). The rise of K–12 blended learning profiles of emerging models. Boston, Singapore, Switzerland: Innosight Institute. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED535181.pdf

Blended learning study

Blended learning has the ability to transform education, according to a new report—but if certain guidelines and practices aren’t ensured, blended learning could become just another add-on to an archaic system on its way out, the report warns. According to the report, blended learning, which it defines as “any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace,” has grown exponentially over the past decade.
Horn, M. (2011). The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning. Mountain View, CA: Innosight Institute.
http://www.innosightinstitute.org/innosight/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/The-Rise-of-K-12-Blended-Learning.pdf