I think there is some real promise in cyber schooling. There’s certainly a desire. In Michigan there is a cap of 2000 students enrolled in online classes and a waiting list of 5000.
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Its not for absentee or lazy parents but my sister looked into it and found that the curriculum extensive in the areas of American History and the hard sciences.
>>I think there is some real promise in cyber schooling. There’s certainly a desire. In Michigan there is a cap of 2000 students enrolled in online classes and a waiting list of 5000.
There are two problems with cyber schooling:
1. No science labs, and no direct interaction with a teacher (I’m teaching “Scarlet Letter” to kids that don’t read books, and I have to constantly stop and summarize)
2. Almost all kids are social, and love school for what it is.
Other than that, cyber schooling is great and especially useful for kids who are expelled. What I would like to see is voucher based cyber schooling at tutoring centers with one on one interaction. Some kids really respond to tutoring center.
Tell her to be careful of AP Government and US History. They don’t teach about liberty, the Founding, or the impact the Bible had on American liberties. Other than that just be wary that it’s all taught with a solid Left-wing bias which I presume she already knows.