Analysts Predict Huge Strides for Online Courses

According to an article in today's St Louis Post Dispatch,

One analysis suggests that by the year 2019, about 50 percent of all high school courses will be delivered online.

The number of online high schools in Missouri has reached 5. In Illinois, there are at least 5 as well.

"The first year I was on the road with this thing, people were really leery," said Curt Fuchs, with the state-funded Missouri Virtual Instruction Program, or MOVIP. "I don't run into as many naysayers as we once did."

And although online high schools still face certain obstacles,

...advocates of online education say the courses are producing results. One 2005 survey from the North Central Regional Education Laboratory says students seem to perform equally well or better in online classes compared to traditional classes.

You can read the full story here.