Schools embraced an online learning program called Acellus because it promised convenience. Now, parents are cleaning up the mess. Those findings, among others, were enough for MC—a pseudonym she is ...

A recently-removed animated lesson from learning platform Acellus featured a pig named “Sweetie Lips” that was labeled sexual and inappropriate by parents and educators. As a new school year begins, a ...

As millions of students begin the semester online, a number of schools have terminated contracts with an online learning company following reports that some lessons included racist and sexually ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Controversy has erupted over one of Hawaii’s largest mainland providers of public school distance learning. Some parents call the content sexist and racist, while the founder of ...

As parents help their children navigate remote classes, they’re more aware of what’s being taught, and it’s often not simply coming from an educator on Zoom HONOLULU (AP) — Zan Timtim doesn’t think it ...

Paige Kemerer opened her school’s new online program and saw a lesson that used an image of beer to teach about St. Patrick’s Day. Another used the wrong picture for St. Augustine, Fla. And one ...

The Acellus online curriculum has gender, racial and cultural biases and seems to promote religion in the public schools, according to a report released today by the Hawaii Department of Education.

This photo provided by Charles Timtim shows his daughter, name withheld by parents, doing schoolwork from home in Waipahu, Hawaii, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Timtim's mother doesn't think it's safe for ...

Schools in at least two states have cut ties with online education provider Acellus Learning Accelerator over concerns about offensive curricular material, raising questions about how districts vet ...

ALAMEDA — Alameda schools plan to cut ties with a remote learning program after parents complained its curriculum included racist material. Superintendent Pasquale Scuder and school board president ...

Laie Elementary School’s principal sent a letter to parents Aug. 7, announcing that her school would be using the Acellus distance learning program. Three days later she reversed course in the face of ...

Educators say it's a "game changer." It's in more than 2,600 schools across the country, used by about a million students and adding more all the time, even home schoolers. It's called Acellus, and it ...