Faith Lutheran School in Plano offers free trial of live, online high school classes — from by Amy Crawford
Excerpt:
This year, Faith Lutheran High School in Plano, Texas will offer live online high school classes using two-way HD-video streaming through the Internet. This allows home-schooled students or others across the country to participate in some of the school’s classes in real time.
I originally saw this at etale.org:
Example of a school that embraces the unbundling of education
Excerpt (emphasis by Bernard Bull):
What is new about this latest offering at Faith Lutheran High School is that they are using the two-way video as a tool to offer unbundled services. This is a private tuition-based school and instead of offering a single package service (full tuition and full participation in the school or nothing), they are offering an à la carte menu. Choose the courses that interest you, and use them to support your otherwise personalized home school curriculum.
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I continue to argue that this unbundling provides us with a glimpse into the future of k-12 education, especially k-12 education that provides an alternative to traditional public schools. Separate all of the distinct attributes of a given school and imagine a model where families and students can pick and choose from those services, paying only for what they use (in the case of private schools).