Parent Choices For Struggling Teens

Brenda Baer, Director of Online Learning, brendab@blueprinteducation.org, and Jennifer Blackstone, Principle of Hope High School Online, jenniferb@blueprinteducation.org, both with Blueprint Education, www.blueprinteducation.org. headquartered in Glendale, Arizona. Brenda and Jennifer described Blended Learning as a combination of traditional face-to-face teacher-student education with use of online technology to a greater or lesser extent. They describe it as alternative education for alternative students, valuable for students who have not been doing well in traditional classrooms or for various reasons traditional brick and mortar is not feasible. In this hour long interview they explain how using blended learning can help students better engage in their academics, help teachers spend more time teaching and less time with traditional busy work and why they think blended learning is the model for what American education will be in the future. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-