May 5, 2024

Struggling Maine Virtual Academy looks to renew charter for online education

Source: Portland Press Herald www.pressherald.com
Four years after Maine Virtual Academy opened, the state’s second online charter school is struggling with absenteeism, a low graduation rate and weak test scores.
The school, which is looking to have its charter renewed this fall, had a chronic absenteeism rate of more than 30 percent in 2017-2018, although school officials say they’ve brought that number down in the last year …
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