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Online enrollment grows in Colorado but some say more accountability is needed

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| October 11, 2022, 9:30pm UTC

A young girl in a darkened room works in the light of a desk lamp. She is writing in a notebook. A laptop computer is open on her left. Behind her a string of Christmas lights hang over a red curtain. — While there’s been a dip in the number of online students since schools reopened to in-person learning, there are still more students in online schools than before the pandemic. (Erica Seryhm Lee for Chalkbeat)

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