In a previous post, I described the announcement that free NING accounts would be discontinued.
NING has now announced that the NING mini version will continue to be free for some:
Ning will remain free for K-12 educators and their students.
Read toward the bottom of the post from the NING blog to see the comment on plans for K-12 users.
You know, $20 a year for the NING mini account (up to 150 members) is really a pretty good deal.