School officials quit amid probe of TAAS scheme

Houston Chronicle ^ | June 19, 2002, 1:23AM | ERIC HANSON

[Clara Lou]

"On-Line Schools"
Yes, I had missed that. And I think it's exciting. I admire and respect Bill Bennet. You do realize, of course, that the cost is prohibitive for many families?

[B. A. Conservative]

Online schools will be available in huge numbers. Unlike the monopoly that exists in public schools where per pupil costs are in the $5,000 range, the per pupil cost of online schools will plummet toward zero thanks to the almost zero incremental cost per pupil of adding students to the class. Practical size limits exist only for bricks and mortar schools (and in opposition to public school propaganda, it is much larger than 30). Class size for online schools is the more the merrier. Online schools will have high fixed costs (course materials, servers, internet access, and very high best in the world instruction), but these can be amortized over unlimited numbers of students and virtually unlimited time.

And when Grandma wants to go back to school, no problem. As long as she has computer familiarity or is willing to learn. As long as the server is online, online schools will be timeless. You and the rest of the world are going to love it.