How far are we away from the general public's children getting schooling at home (via internet)?

Question

Im seeing kids' writing and research skills and Im appalled. I believe that the information stream has alot to do with this, but can it br turned around to their advantage?

I think that the environmant also may be a factor in teaching and learning factors. The "no child left behind" program doesnt seem to be working at all levels, and Im reasoning that its because of beurocracy.

Again, I think that the information age is responsible for bad grammar and willingness to learn. I may have been an exception, i was dedicated to understanding all the "big words" I saw in books and ones used in movies. I was self-motivated to learn, noone had to push me.
Unfortunately, these days, I think there are too many DISTRACTIONS from the learning process.

Answer 1

What helps children's writing and research skills is guidance and lots of feedback. It's doubtful that their desire to socialize online can be turned around to be more educational without external interference of some sort. It's just like when they talk with each other--they don't necessarily use the same language they would if they were talking with adults.

I guess my opinion is that they just need to do more writing and research OFFLINE and get suitable guidance and feedback for it. Nowadays, it seems too many teachers just seem to expect kids to know how to write and research and don't spend enough time actually guiding them through the process. The mandated curriculum can be very time consuming, and if actually teaching them how to do it all isn't in the curriculum, it gets skipped.

Answer 2

There are already many college-level courses on the Internet.
I do not think, however, that there will be a rush to having full courses of study for elementary and high school students on the Internet because of the strength of teachers' unions.

Here are some sites you may find helpful:
http://www.shop.com/op/aprod-p31764399-k24-g1
http://www.crosswalk.com/family/home_school/809496.html
http://experts.about.com/q/Home-Schooling-1554/maths-exercises-internet.htm
Of course, there are many, many sites to help homeschoolers and their parents.

As I have interacted with Yahoo! Answers I have also been appalled at the lack of background in grammar, spelling, and writing ability displayed by students. I think it is possible that the habits they are learning for text messaging (to say as much as possible with as few characters as possible) are carrying over into their other writing. Also, many students ask questions that they could very easily research on the Internet themselves - I don't know what that can be attributed to.

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Answer 3

very far away (do you mean EXCLUSIVELY at home, learning via internet?)
Its nice to blessed with material: a home, a computer, an internet service, but there is still a very large population of people who do not have these things.
Also, many people (right or wrong) use the public school system as a day care. Maybe high school students will become internet learners but I cannot imagine it replacing elementary school
In many ways, the internet's promised improvements in education are very much like the promises TV made. Certainly TV is an aid to education at nearly every stage but it has not replaced buildings, classrooms, or teachers

Answer 4

I think it will be a while because so many families have both parents work and need school not just as a place to teach their children, but also as a day care.

Answer 5

I don't think we're that far. A lot of people at my school already take at home internet courses. But the most they take are 3 online.

Answer 6

Maybe closer than we think. Several Homeschool courses have already taken the online route as well as tons of colleges!

Answer 7

My niece is 6 and she is in online school they have a program that is k-12 and you get an accredited highschool diploma.