Gazette opinion: Montana Digital Academy connects students to future of learning

In its first semester, the Montana Digital Academy http://www.montanadigitalacademy.org/ has demonstrated the value of statewide access to high-quality online learning for high school students.

Across Montana, 1,430 students from 137 high schools have enrolled in one or more of 45 high school classes or five college courses, according to a report from the academy. Altogether, the 1,430 students have 1,951 course enrollments this fall.

A list of the 11 most popular classes shows the need for access to distance learning:

Many schools don’t have a foreign language teacher. But more than 300 Montana high school students are taking Spanish 1, French 1 or Latin 1 this semester through the academy.

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