Troubled Pennsylvania Cyberschool Bailed Out
from the not-looking-good dept
An online charter school for kids in Pennsylvania who wanted to attend classes over the internet from home seems to have run into some problems. Despite only launching in September, the school had already run out of money, lost their ISP for overdue bills, and been accused of doing a horrible job educating their students. Not the greatest start. The Pennsylvania government, however, is bailing them out with $3.4 million in the hopes that they can turn themselves around. To be honest, I'm not sure I see the value of a cyberschool for K-12 students. I think there's a lot of value (partly just in learning to socialize) from sending students to an actual school all day.
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Value?
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Socialization myth
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Re: Socialization myth
And, just because they go on a field trip here or there, or play soccer on the weekends, doesn't mean they're "socialized". I'm sure plenty of home schooled kids are fine. However, I think, as you're growing up, it's a good thing to spend your days with other kids.
My own personal experience with kids who were homeschooled was that in almost every case they had trouble relating to those of us who went to school. They may have been young Einsteins in training - but they had trouble getting along with people their own age.
It's a personal opinion. You, of course, are free to raise your kids any way you like.
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You can have it both ways
Have the time to spend with your child is a factor and if both parents work (assuming there is two parents in the home), it would be more difficult to "home school".
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Re: You can have it both ways
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