The Choice Channel

“Once considered the domain of home-schooled students, K-12 online learning is a fast-growing option for public school students in rural, urban, and suburban areas. Michigan lawmakers are likely to pass legislation soon that will require high school students to take one course online before they graduate. … Enrollment in online programs has been growing for about the past five years, says Bob Blomeyer, a researcher at Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory (MREL), a nonprofit research center in Naperville, Ill. ‘The trend line is turning up at a really sharp angle, and that’s why this way of teaching and learning needs to be taken a lot more seriously,’ Mr. Blomeyer says.” (03/30/06)