Curriculum Approach
Patented methodology, top awards, CITA-accreditation, and an investment of over $130 million in leading-edge quality tell you one thing.
What says even more is how K12 has become the leading online curriculum provider in the U.S. With over one million courses served and exceptionally high satisfaction ratings.
When educators, parents and students recognize you as the best, we take that as a tribute to one thing: our passion for raising the bar. For never being satisfied with “good enough.” We’re driven to push to the next level, and the next.
We Never Take Short-cuts. And It Shows.
- Unlike many other course providers, K¹² doesn’t just scan a textbook and call it an online course.
- Because we are research-based, we avoid mistakes others make. For example, our online screens don’t scroll, because it’s proven that students retain far less information with online learning systems that force scrolling.
- Based on our patented methodology for online education, K¹² courses are designed and developed for online delivery from the outset.
- A team of curriculum experts, teachers, cognitive scientists and course designers start from scratch, thoroughly scoping out the learning objectives using state and national standards and mapping out a strategy for how best to accomplish those objectives.
- We use the full arsenal to engage students -- online text, graphics, charts, illustrations, interactive demonstrations, offline reading materials or activities, and interactive online discussions (in high school courses).
- We believe engaging interactive content can illustrate and explain the toughest concepts in ways no static page (print or Web) could ever match.
- Beautiful printed materials are matched with the online courses (in most cases actually created for the course) so that the images, phrases, and organization clearly reinforce the key concepts and work done throughout the course.
- Terrific offline experiences include science labs, books, and writing designed to give sufficient practice in key skills that students must master, as well as challenging problems and assignments to develop each student’s ability to apply what they’ve learned in new circumstances.
- Clear assessment tools measure mastery of lesson objectives, using both online and off-line tasks to carefully probe mastery.
- To ensure everything is achieved correctly, K¹² conducts usability testing to make sure students can easily navigate through the lessons and master the learning objectives, as intended.
Checks and Balances
We know that the combination of rich, engaging content with compelling interactive activities help students absorb and retain information.
Graded assignments and assessments further allow students to demonstrate progress against learning objectives.
It’s no wonder we meet or exceed national and state standards
as defined by educational authorities and more than 30 educational organizations.
More About Our Approach
There’s much more to tell about our curriculum approach. We invite you to an inside view of our perspective and methodology.
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Sample Lessons
The best way to understand the K¹² program is to try it out!
Take a look at some lessons that K¹² students experience.
K-8 Sample Lessons
High School Sample Lessons
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