Dive Summary:

• Michigan public school children are seeing a big expansion of online education, giving them more choices than ever in deciding how they want to take their classes.
• This year, five online-only schools are opening, many traditional school districts are increasing their online offerings and students in grades 5 through 12 will be able to take online courses offered by any district or the state’s virtual school.
• Michigan was among the first states to establish a statewide virtual school for K-12 students and was the first to require students to have some kind of online experience to graduate from high school.

From the article:

...Michigan has been a leader in online education for more than a decade. Since 2009, the number of school districts and charter schools that have permission from the Michigan Department of Education to run programs in which students take all or most of their classes online has grown from 12 to 192. ...