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Russell, Glenn – American School Board Journal, 2001
Discusses concerns with reliance on virtual classrooms to educate home-schooled students. (PKP)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Online Courses
Natale, Jo Anna – American School Board Journal, 1995
Technology is making home schooling easier on parents as well as more interesting for students. In addition to taking classes online, home-schooled children are researching projects on the Internet and communicating with other home schoolers. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
American School Board Journal, 1994
Controversy surrounds Michigan's first charter "school"--a distance-learning network of home schoolers that may come online this fall with some 1,200 students and about $6.6 million in state aid. The school could make a $4 million profit by its third year of operation. An alternative curriculum that promotes creationism has the Michigan…
Descriptors: Creationism, Curriculum, Distance Education, Electronic Classrooms
Maeroff, Gene I. – American School Board Journal, 2003
This article presents an overview of online learning, particularly for elementary- and secondary-school students. Online learning has much to offer certain students under the right circumstances. However, questions remain about policies regarding online learning and the suitability of the approach for younger students. (Contains 6 online…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Technology
