Kaplan Academy

From Researching Virtual Initiatives in Education

Kaplan Academy is a US private company which operates public online charter schools, in cooperation with local school districts or chartering organisations within a state. As part of Kaplan Virtual Education the Kaplan Academy is presumably being purchased by K12 Inc, as announced publicly in May 2011.

Kaplan Academies include:

• Kaplan Academy of California
• Kaplan Academy of Oregon
• Kaplan Academy of Washington
• Kaplan University High School

Its web site is at http://www.kaplanacademy.com/

References

• Kaplan Academy web site, http://www.kaplanacademy.com/
• "K12 Inc. Announces Agreement to Purchase K-12 Assets of Kaplan Virtual Education", 19 May 2011, http://investors.k12.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=214389&p=irol-newsarticle&id=1565568