Event Description
This presentation will review the overall landscape of cyber schooling Pennsylvania, the challenges faced by cyber charter operators and the actions being taken by local school districts to alleviate their concerns with the model. Participants will be asked to discuss and problem solve around these issues.
Presenter:
Allen C. Grant, Ph.D.
Department Head for Policy, Organization & Leadership
Associate Clinical Professor, Drexel University School of Education
Dr. Allen Grant is an education change agent with a wide variety of experiences in K-12 and higher education. He has taught kindergarten, worked as a language instructor in Spain, and has held a plethora of leadership positions across K-12 and higher education. He is the past Director of the Louisiana Virtual School and was a policy expert and grants coordinator for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Grant joined Drexel in 2010 and is the Academic Head of the Department Policy, Organization and Leadership for the School of Education. He is the past Director of the EdD Online and EdD Philadelphia programs, as well as the past Director of the Educational Administration Program. He is a Drexel Online Learning Council Fellow, a Drexel Assessment Fellow and a Quality Matters Master Reviewer. His research interests center on emerging technologies, leadership development, community school models and most anything dealing with K-12 virtual schooling.
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