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Accredited Online Schools
Connections Academy® helps your child gain the skills they need to thrive and meet educational state requirements.
The Importance of Accreditation
Finding a Quality Education Experience
When it comes to choosing the right school for your student, there are a lot of factors you should consider: academic excellence, holistic support, and flexibility are just a few. Another essential factor should be accreditation.
Being able to achieve and maintain proper accreditation ensures that a school is providing a quality education that can be reciprocated with other schools. Accreditation also validates the value of our education to other accredited educational institutions.
An Education You Can Trust
What is a K-12 School Accreditation?
Simply put, educational accreditation shows that an institution meets set standards established by an independent third party. Accredited organizations serve the well-being of students and staff by meeting established, research-based standards and by continuously improving their teaching, learning, and organizational effectiveness.
By choosing an accredited online school, you’re making sure that your child is being taught by teachers and staff who are committed to ongoing excellence.
To learn more, we highly recommend taking a look at Cognia’s Accreditation and Certification page.
Accredited Online K-12 Schools
Our Accreditation
Connections Academy® is a division of Connections Education®, which is accredited by Cognia, formerly AdvancED. Cognia offers accreditation and certification, assessment, professional learning, and improvement services to institutions and other education providers. As a global nonprofit working in over 80 countries, Cognia serves 36,000 institutions, nearly 25 million students, and 5 million educators every day.
Many of the Connections Academy–supported schools are also accredited by one or more of six regional accrediting organizations for higher-education institutions, recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the United States Department of Education. New schools typically begin the accreditation process after operating for a full year.
NCAA Approved
Making Sure Students Stay NCAA Eligible
Our SACS-accredited online high schools are committed to making sure your student stays on track academically while pursuing their passions outside of the classroom. The following courses, organized by subject area, have been approved by the NCAA Eligibility Center for use towards initial eligibility when delivered by Connections Education, Connections Academy, or Pearson Virtual Schools teachers using the Pearson Online Classroom (formerly Connexus®) EMS platform. The approved content is the Connections Education version of the course.
Note that not all courses may be available at all locations, and there may be slight variations between your state’s course naming convention and the name of the course listed on the NCAA Eligibility Center High School Portal.
- English 9
- English 10
- English 11
- English 12
- Honors English 9
- Honors English 10
- Honors English 11
- Honors English 12
- Journalism
- Speech and Debate
- AP English Language & Composition
- AP English Literature & Composition
Courses Available in Limited Locations:
- American Lit and Comp
- British Lit & Comp
- Creative Writing
- Fundamentals of English Composition
- Honors American Lit and Comp
- Honors British Lit & Comp
- Honors World Literature
- Pre-AP English 1
- Pre-AP English 2
- Public Speaking 1
- Reading and Writing for Purpose
- World Literature
- American Government - Single Semester
- American Government (year-long)
- Economics
- Geography and Society
- Honors American Government
- Honors Economics
- Honors US History
- Honors World History
- Psychology
- US History
- World Geography
- World History
- AP Human Geography
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Psychology
- AP US Government
- AP US History
Courses Available in Limited Locations:
- African American History
- Arizona Government
- Arizona United States History
- Black History in America
- Business Law
- Careers in Criminal Justice
- Civics
- Cultural Geography
- Modern World History
- Personal Psychology
- Pre-AP World History
- Sociology 1
- Sociology 2
- Texas World History
- US Government (semester long)
- Algebra 1
- Algebra 2
- Calculus
- Geometry
- Honors Algebra 1
- Honors Algebra 2
- Honors Geometry
- Honors Precalculus
- Precalculus
- Statistics
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Statistics
Courses Available in Limited Locations:
- Advanced Algebra Concepts & Connections
- Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications
- Advanced Financial Algebra
- Advanced Quantitative Reasoning
- Algebra 1-A
- Algebra 1-B
- Algebra Concepts & Connections
- Algebra with Finance
- CCGPS Advanced Algebra
- CCGPS Analytic Geometry
- CCGPS Coordinate Algebra
- Data Science Foundations
- Geometry Concepts & Connections
- Integrated Math 1
- Integrated Math 2
- Integrated Math 3
- Linear Systems and Statistics
- MLP Algebra I
- MLP Geometry
- Pre-AP Algebra 1
- Pre-AP Algebra 2
- Pre-AP Geometry
- Pre-AP Precalculus
- Probability and Statistics
- Probability & Statistics Honors
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Secondary Math I
- Secondary Math II
- Secondary Math III
- Trigonometry
An asterisk (*) denotes a course with a lab requirement.
- Biology*
- Chemistry*
- Earth Science*
- Environmental Science*
- Honors Biology*
- Honors Chemistry*
- Honors Earth Science*
- Honors Physical Science*
- Honors Physics*
- Physical Science*
- Physics*
- AP Biology*
- AP Environmental Science*
Courses Available in Limited Locations:
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Astronomy 1A: Introduction
- Conservation Science*
- Earth Space Science*
- Environmental Systems
- Honors Earth Space Science*
- Integrated Chemistry and Physics*
- Marine Science
- Pre-AP Biology*
- Pre-AP Chemistry*
- Texas Biology*
- Texas Chemistry*
- Texas Honors Biology*
- Texas Honors Chemistry*
- French I
- French II
- French III
- French IV
- German I
- German II
- German III
- Japanese I
- Japanese II
- Sign Language 1
- Sign Language 2
- Sign Language 3
- Spanish I
- Spanish II
- Spanish III
- Spanish IV
- AP Spanish Language
Courses Available in Limited Locations:
- American Sign Language I
- American Sign Language II
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