20 years of digital learning inform FDA model
By London Bishop - lbishop@aimmediamidwest.com
Students at Fairborn Digital Academy have painted many murals on the walls of the former Black Lane Elementary School, where FDA is housed.
Fairborn Digital Academy was founded in 2002 as a dropout prevention and recovery school, chartered to serve the Fairborn community.
FAIRBORN — As school districts across the country adopted virtual learning in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fairborn Digital Academy had a significant head start in the business of remote learning.
A head start of nearly two decades, in fact.
Fairborn Digital Academy (FDA) was founded in 2002 as a dropout prevention and recovery community school, sponsored by Fairborn City Schools. The accountability coaches at FDA conduct their teaching primarily online, and the school has been able to easily make the switch to a fully online environment with the advent of COVID-19. Their success in this aspect may be partially due to their origins: Fairborn Digital Academy’s beginnings were inspired by another great disaster.