Holding back.

HOLDING BACK

Percentage of districts reporting various
factors were preventing them from expanding
distance education courses

Course development
and/or purchasing costs       68%

Concerns about                37%
course quality

Concerns about receiving
funding based on attendance
for distance ed courses       36%

Limited infrastructure to     33%
support distance education

Restrictive federal, state    17%
or local laws or policies

Other                         10%

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Title Annotation:	By the Numbers on distance education: A data bank on education trends for district leaders
Author:	Dianis, Laura
Publication:	District Administration
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Jul 1, 2005
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