As millions of students begin the semester online, a number of schools have terminated contracts with an online learning company following reports that some lessons included racist and sexually ...
Schools embraced an online learning program called Acellus because it promised convenience. Now, parents are cleaning up the mess. Those findings, among others, were enough for MC—a pseudonym she is ...
A recently-removed animated lesson from learning platform Acellus featured a pig named “Sweetie Lips” that was labeled sexual and inappropriate by parents and educators. As a new school year begins, a ...
Zan Timtim doesn't think it's safe for her eighth-grade daughter to return to school in person during the coronavirus pandemic but also doesn't want her exposed to a remote learning program that ...
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Education Department has created an online form for parents, teachers and others to share examples of “concerning content” they find in an online learning ...
The Acellus online curriculum has gender, racial and cultural biases and seems to promote religion in the public schools, according to a report released today by the Hawaii Department of Education.
Laie Elementary School’s principal sent a letter to parents Aug. 7, announcing that her school would be using the Acellus distance learning program. Three days later she reversed course in the face of ...
Schools in at least two states have cut ties with online education provider Acellus Learning Accelerator over concerns about offensive curricular material, raising questions about how districts vet ...
This photo provided by Charles Timtim shows his daughter, name withheld by parents, doing schoolwork from home in Waipahu, Hawaii. AP HONOLULU — Zan Timtim doesn’t think it’s safe for her eighth-grade ...
Educators say it's a "game changer." It's in more than 2,600 schools across the country, used by about a million students and adding more all the time, even home schoolers. It's called Acellus, and it ...
Honolulu – Zan Timtim doesn’t think it’s safe for her eighth-grade daughter to return to school in person during the coronavirus pandemic but also doesn’t want her exposed to a remote learning program ...