[SonOfDarkSkies]

By putting a band-aid on the existing system he is preventing the evolutionary and revolutionary changes that hard times demand.

He is preventing improvement in both efficiency and cost effectiveness

This is a perfect time in our nation's history to move toward an online system.

There are already distance learning programs for gifted students that work extremely well, but Obama wants to simply keep funding a system that is grounded in the past.

So much for that "hope and change...eh?"

Check this out for some insight as to what is possible...http://epgy.stanford.edu/ohs/

[poobear]

Thank you for this link. My daughter is a Math and Science major Freshman in HS. She currently has a 4.2 GPA with Honors classes. She wants to continue with this HS because of a new Biomedical program that's being offered to Sophomore thru Senior year, however she has a lot of other interests. Particularly Foreign languages and computer graphics. Maybe this will free up her time to do other interests?

What is your experience so far with this accredited school? Would these help or hurt with scholarships? We ARE NOT wealthy.

Thanks for your time.

[TexNewMex]

I think you’re right about distance learning for older students in some subjects. But it would be hard to teach lab sciences that way, or foreign languages. And of course it wouldn’t work at all for anyone lower than high school.