Virtual education has been steadily growing since the late 1990s. Early research was primarily focused on the comparative studies between brick-and-mortar schools and virtual or hybrid schools. While the research over the past two decades has grown substantially and now includes broader topics such as for whom virtual education seems to work well and under what circumstances, there is little research regarding virtual schools and school choice. This paper uses research on school choice in home and charter schools, while there was much overlap, a new category surfaced that was unique to virtual and hybrid education. This research found that many parents opt into virtual or hybrid education in order to provide more flexibility for their child. Flexibility came within four main categories--flexibility of time, flexibility of instruction and assessment, flexibility of pace, and flexibility of learning environment. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]