In a piece for Tech Central Station, Joanne Jacobs recently profiled K12, former Education Secretary William Bennett's kindergarten through twelfth-grade online curriculum and "virtual school" program. Students using K12's basic package receive daily lessons in all the core subjects-an additional package includes art and music-but spend less than one-third of their time online; the remaining time is spent working the old fashioned way: with textbooks, workbooks, and numerous other materials supplied by K12. While the for-profit company is expanding in the cyber charter world (independent public schools that provide lessons over the Internet) and attracting new converts to home schooling, some traditional home schoolers are wary of what they perceive as a threat to their independence. Find out more in "Teach the Children Well," by Joanne Jacobs, Tech Central Station, September 9, 2002.
