Examples posted online by activists and confirmed by Kansas City-based Acellus, a learning company that contracts with about 6,000 schools, include suggestive language such as "sweetie lips" and ...

Some parents call the content sexist and racist, while the founder of Acellus says a small handful of nearly 1 million video lessons have been flagged and removed. Download the free KHON2 app 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 ...

The DOE began the review based on complaints about Acellus having inappropriate content and questionable rigor. The DOE says they received complaints from parents, schools, and communities.

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.

Public schools in several states, including California, are dropping a controversial online learning program called Acellus after parents say they have found racist, sexist and other offensive ...

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 ...

Acellus proved popular for its ease of use and low cost. Altogether, 185 Hawaii public schools signed on, or 60% of the state’s public schools, buying yearlong licenses for $25 to $100 per student.

The controversy began with an on-line petition in Hawaii asking schools to stop using the program from Acellus Academy, based in Kansas City, Missouri. Get top local stories in San Diego delivered ...

Aliamanu Elementary School said effectively immediately, it is canceling all student accounts with Acellus due to “inappropriate and racist content.” Later on Monday, Hickam Elementary ...

Acellus Learning Accelerator is an online learning program the Alameda Unified School District handpicked for all remote learning students to use in the fall. In a letter addressed to parents ...

The state Department of Education completed a review of Acellus Learning Accelerator and reviewers recommended discontinuing its use as a primary curriculum resource “due to its inconsistency in ...