Kaplan to Offer Virtual High School

The flexibility that online educational programming offers has led to enormous growth at the post-secondary level. While college enrollment numbers continue to remain flat for traditional brick and mortar universities, virtual education had been growing with each passing year.

However, “Education Sector,” a nonprofit think tank based in Washington D.C., categorizes the change as “largely unnoticed” by those who lead traditional schools. The group’s report goes on to state that virtual schooling could be used to greater advantage, perhaps to ultimately serve as a crtical catalyst for improving public education in general.

In that regard, Kaplan Inc. has announced the launch of Kaplan University High School, a new national online high school option. Called Kaplan Virtual Education, the new online program will focus on providing high school students with high-quality, online programming.

The new school will offer the same innovative and flexible programming that has worked well for adult learners, but will offer the programming to both traditional and nontraditional-aged students. The result is that a student of any age could earn their high school diploma through Kaplan Virtual.

The new program features two basic options. Students can enroll in one single course for credit at any time, in essence making up credits that may have been missed while in traditional programs. In addition, students will also have the option of enrolling in a full 18-credit College Access Diploma program. To receive a Kaplan University diploma, students will have to earn at least five credits through KU.

The virtual high school curriculum will cover all of the essential aspects of a traditional high school program. Courses will be offered with instructors communicating with students via e-mail, instant messaging, and telephone.