Hawaii’s public schools will stop using the Acellus online curriculum by the end of the academic year, following a unanimous vote by the Board of Education and an in-depth review that panned the ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A controversial online program used by thousands of public school students will soon be discontinued following a review by the Department of Education into the program named Acellus ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICO — The Chico Unified School District will be dropping the online curriculum Acellus after complaints from parents stated that the content featured offensive material. Oak Bridge Academy, the ...

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 ...