School Online Learning Program Rejected Over Parent Backlash

CHESHIRE, Conn. (AP) – A fast-growing online learning platform built with help from Facebook engineers has been dropped in a Connecticut town with a prized reputation for good schools.
Some parents who organized against the Summit Learning platform say there’s no need to change what’s worked in the past.
Administrators and some parents praised the program, but it faced criticism from others who said their children were spending too much time online, somecontent was inappropriat