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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on December 13, 2011, 06:42:57 PM

Title: The performance of online schools for children
Post by: MillCreek on December 13, 2011, 06:42:57 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/education/online-schools-score-better-on-wall-street-than-in-classrooms.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig&pagewanted=print

I had not realized that the financial results for investors in online schools was so great and the results for the children are not so great.  I am kind of bummed by this, because I am such a fan of online education, at least at the adult level. 

Title: Re: The performance of online schools for children
Post by: Regolith on December 13, 2011, 07:26:37 PM

I took a few online classes while in college when a similar class wasn't available on campus. They varied from somewhat decent to being really crappy; during one of them, the professor and the students had absolutely no contact with each other and there was absolutely no feedback. The professor could have been a very small shell script for all I knew. I ended up completing 90% of that course in a single week at the end of the term and still getting a decent grade. The online courses were also much more expensive than regular classes. Overall, I much preferred on-campus classes.