Another reason for teachers to follow Bristol's footsteps

The number of online classes offered in public schools is increasing. Some of these "virtual high school" offerings allow students to take courses that their school can't provide: an Advanced Placement Chinese Language class, for example. But many of them are now used as actual required classes. Michigan students must complete "at least one course or learning experience that is presented online."

However, there is no evidence that proves these online courses are comparable to face-to-face classes. Why should you be concerned? Follow the money:

Like other education debates, this one divides along ideological lines. K-12 online learning is championed by conservative-leaning policy groups that favor broadening school choice, including Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education, which has called on states to provide all students with “Internet access devices” and remove bans on for-profit virtual schools.

Public funds - our tax dollars - sucked out of the system so a handful can make a profit off an unsound educational practice.  I should've been a teenage mom.