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Military leery of cyber school grads
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, via YorkDispatch.com ^ | March 5, 2011 | AMY CRAWFORD

Posted on 03/08/2011 5:46:08 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner

Justin Merrill had wanted to join the military for as long as he could remember.

"Everyone on my mom's side of the family was a Marine, and everyone on my dad's side was in the Army," explained Merrill, 18, of Danville, Montour County, in central Pennsylvania. "I wanted to do something to help my country."

But Merrill's plan was jeopardized last year, when he learned that the Army did not approve of the high school diploma he was on track to earn from Agora Cyber Charter School.

"When I told my recruiter, the first words out of his mouth were, 'I'm not sure you can join the military because you're not going to a brick-and-mortar school,'" Merrill recalled.

As enrollment in Pennsylvania's 11 cyber charter schools swelled to about 25,000 students statewide last year, Merrill and others who hope to enlist in the military after graduation are finding their plans derailed by an obscure Department of Defense policy.

(Excerpt) Read more at yorkdispatch.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: education; military; school
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Military leery of cyber school grads

Well, in the current military we have to take almost all courses online. Something is wrong with this picture.

81 posted on 03/09/2011 10:13:56 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Don't let the SRM pick our candidates again.)
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To: Waverunner

Well that deserves a big CONGRATULATIONS. You done good, kid.


82 posted on 03/09/2011 1:02:10 PM PST by Shimmer1 (when life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt.)
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To: kearnyirish2

Apparently online degrees are only acceptable when public school teachers use them to add $15K to their salaries with a master’s degree in “people studies” or some stupid sh!t like that.>>>>>>>

Or they get 3k extra per year by going to some two weekend joke of an educational seminar. What racketeers. Greedy arse entitled libs for the most part


83 posted on 03/09/2011 1:05:38 PM PST by dennisw ( The early bird catches the worm)
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To: gigster

My son scored a 98 and was told the highest was 99. That’s my homeschooled son, other homeschooled son scored a 93. (grin)


84 posted on 03/09/2011 2:15:45 PM PST by Shimmer1 (when life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt.)
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To: Waverunner

Pretty damn cool. :)


85 posted on 03/09/2011 2:24:02 PM PST by BenKenobi (Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
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To: dennisw

“Or they get 3k extra per year by going to some two weekend joke of an educational seminar. What racketeers. Greedy arse entitled libs for the most part”

On a positive note, as districts continue to shrink as taxpayers migrate away from the parasites, they are entering a horrible job market with no skills whatsoever (and nobody will hire them anywhere near their larcenous current salaries).


86 posted on 03/09/2011 3:19:48 PM PST by kearnyirish2
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