As I pointed out in my post, I think online charter or public schools are actually a very effective measure at retaining students who would otherwise drop out and engaging advanced students.

In response to the above comment, that seems a little strange–I don’t see why virtual schools provide a unique oversight challenge. Provided that they establish certain accreditation procedures, managing the quality of the classroom experience in an online school would, if anything, seem easier than doing so in brick-and-mortar schools.

By the way, shoot me an email if you’re interested in swapping blogroll links.

“The Obama campaign contends that it might be difficult for states and districts to provide oversight of virtual schools.

“Many online schools are for-profit ventures and may siphon money away from public schools,” the Obama campaign memo said.”

As you said, we’d love to inform the campaign of how rich this opportunity might actually be because we think they might change their minds if they spent some time thinking about it.