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 ...
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 ...
Public schools in several states, including California, are dropping a controversial online learning program called Acellus after parents say they have found racist, sexist and other offensive content ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A controversial online program used by thousands of public school students will soon be discontinued following a review by the Department of Education into the program named Acellus ...
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 ...
While the La Mesa Spring Valley School District is cutting ties with a distance learning platform due to concerns about what some are saying is inappropriate content, the Grossmont Union High School ...
ALAMEDA — Alameda schools plan to cut ties with a remote learning program after parents complained its curriculum included racist material. Superintendent Pasquale Scuder and school board president ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
HONOLULU — Hawaii’s Board of Education has approved phasing out distance learning curriculum that parents and teachers complained contained racist and sexist content and will send parents a letter ...