In my home state, the government’s prison masters are trying to stop the spread of charter virtual schools (cyber schooling) because such freedom of education would not allow the state to gather up your children in big, yellow bully houses on wheels, and take them to near-windowless buildings to physically detain them and indoctrinate them for nine months out of the year, 6-8 hours per day.
Virtual charter schools allow students in grades kindergarten through 12 to take classes at home with a computer and the help of a parent or guardian serving as a “learning coach.”
Students interact with a teacher through email, telephone and interactive software, including video conferencing.
Two schools in the state opened last year — one based in Grand Rapids with about 800 students and the other in Okemos with more than 500 students.
Educators, including the state Board of Education, have asked that lawmakers not allow more of the schools to open until several years of academic data is accumulated to determine if the schools are effective.
Cyber learning means that the parent makes the decision about what the child does “at school” and the child has flexibility in determining what he wants to learn and/or not learn. Individuality and creativity is not a part of the plan. Thanks to James Nellis for the link.
