E-learning, like I mentioned previously, has flourished and become a common entity within our society. E-learning is not limited to higher education though. There are programs throughout the internet that offer education through the computer. Most of these schools are public,private and charter schools. Some of which financed through the state of origination. Although some of the public schools are jumping on the bandwagon and increasing their enrollment. Spokane has picked up NovaNET computer-based education and is implementing this within their system. Chicago school systems are now beginning to follow suit.
Most of these entities do not work from within physical based school systems. They are a separate entity that resides in a building (most of which close to the state’s capital) and run their day-to-day operation from there. This is done with a fraction of the administrative members, staff members and faculty that we are accustomed to seeing.
These schools are reputable and do everything they can to make sure the student is succeeding in their course work. Most of the schools give the student a new computer every two years, brand new text books every year and there is interaction between the assigned teacher and the student at least once a week. Some of the schools are specific to the state where the child is residing while others are nationwide with chapters in each state they support.
Above are just a few of the very successful online schools. Connectionsacademy is presently used in my home with our fifth grader. Could we ask for more? Of course the answer would be, yes. Every parent wants better things for their child. Albeit, as far as up to date texts and accessibility to resources to make the most of the experience, we couldn’t ask for any more.
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