What is your opinion of online K-12 education?

[haele]

14. We were looking into it for the grandchild.

The public school online program seems to be very well run in California; they have to check in with a teacher every day at a specific time and they can be pulled from the program if they start falling behind or if it seems that the parents are not monitoring the kids. There's a "in class" component where they physically meet with a teacher when it comes to testing, and their P.E. requirements are met through subsidized YMCA or other local community programs. Each online student has an IEP, and apparently they also have GATE courses. They've also got a reasonable graduation and GED rate, almost comparable to the average public school.
Of course, some graduates are almost 20 when they get their diploma or GED, but at least they graduated.
For the child that has problems with socializing or filtering in normal classes, but has a parent or grandparent willing to participate in the "homeschool" program, it seems to be a very good program.

Haele