News Releases
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Parents of Florida's Youngest Students Exploring DIY Approach to Online Education in Increasing Numbers
Oct 25, 2016
Millennials are now the largest living generation in the country, and Florida Virtual School Full Time (FLVS Full Time) is finding that the state’s youngest parents are increasingly interested in alternative approaches to Kindergarten-12 education, especially online public education.
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Florida Virtual School and Ucompass Work Together to Ensure Student Success
Sep 21, 2016
Florida Virtual School (FLVS) and Ucompass, the longtime Learning Management System (LMS) provider for FLVS, have entered into an agreement to transfer ownership of the Educator LMS Software and other related assets to FLVS. Acquiring the Educator LMS will allow FLVS to protect the student experience as the school district transitions from Educator to D2L’s Brightspace LMS.
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FLVS and the Florida Wildlife Commission Offer More Students the Opportunity to Get Their Hunting License
Sep 06, 2016
Florida Virtual School (FLVS) and The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announce the launch of Outdoor Education’s new “Virtual Field Day” (VFD) segments. The VFD was developed by Fresh Air Educators to help students earn their Florida Hunter Education Certification which is required to obtain a Florida Hunters License.
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FLVS Full Time Students Head Back to School for the 2016-17 School Year
Aug 18, 2016
Students at Florida Virtual School Full Time (FLVS Full Time), a tuition-free online public school serving grades Kindergarten-12 statewide, headed back to school this week for the start of the 2016-17 academic year. While technology continues to transform the way students learn, Florida families are looking beyond traditional schooling to provide their students with a 21st century education from FLVS Full Time.
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FLVS Selects D2L's Brightspace Learning Management System to Personalize Learning for its 206,000 Students
Jul 28, 2016
The largest fully accredited online state public school in the United States aims to help each student learn their own way with personalized, engaging experiences including enhanced video, social, adaptive and game-based learning.
Florida Virtual School (FLVS), a statewide public school district in the state of Florida and international provider of award-winning education products and services, has selected D2L, a global learning technology leader, to deploy its Brightspace platform as the district’s new learning management system (LMS). FLVS, the largest fully accredited online state public school in the U.S., had nearly 400,000 completed semester enrollments in the 2015-16 academic year.
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