-The Daily Californian, November 2, 2010 by Noor Al-Samarrai
http://www.dailycal.org/article/111026/report_more_online_public_education_may_benefit_st
Edley said in an email that determining questions of quality “requires serious, research-based engagement with the skeptics, while distinguishing those folks from a few implacable obstructionists.”
-San Francisco Chronicle, November 4, 2010 by Nanette Asimov
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/03/BA5R1G6F1V.DTL
“The courses should actually be improvements in terms of sophisticated assessments of learning, alternative instructional paths and coaching when needed, amount of required writing, and amount of interaction with teachers,” Edley said.
-The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 15, 2010 by Paul Fain
http://chronicle.com/article/Hard-Times-Require-Better/125404/
Mr. Edley said California’s dire finances and the system’s long commitment to educating middle- and lower-income students are the impetus for finding a way to incorporate more online classes. “It’s abundantly clear that the bricks-and-mortar model is unsustainable if we want to preserve our mission,” he said.