Anything that helps people improve themselves is great, and I am a big proponent of using the internet to both challenge oneself and the status quo, to make greater efficiency.
One thing I read recently sounded great, and would turn high school education on its head. Instead of kids being in school all day, they do their learning and coursework interactively online. Then go to school 1 or 2 days a week to meet with the teachers for 30 minutes to go over their coursework 1 on 1, to make sure they learned it and to ask questions and to even expand upon what they have learned.
THIS kind of thinking can revolutionize education and may one day become standard. Even if kids don’t have to stay at home to do this, they can meet in small clusters of computers, maybe with a facilitator to make sure they are doing the work etc... either way, this is MUCH MUCH better than the system we have now where you cram 30 kids in a room for 50 minutes and hope they learn something. 1 on 1 will always work better.
I like that idea about the kids learning online. Brilliant!
We are in the 21st century, but our education system is still in the 20th. It may had been good at the time, but it's time to update.
The best part is that the children would be at home with their family. Just think of all the money that could be saved in fuel cost (getting kids to and from school everyday) alone?