In Florida, about 2,000 high school students attend an online high school.
All courses meet the state's educational standards.
The school claims that the online courses work best for students who need to make up credits to graduate on time, students who want to accelerate their academic program or those who do not perform well in a traditional classroom. The Florida High School officials hope to have a complete online high school curriculum available by 2001. Another educational program featured in Texas Innovator brings Sacramento teachers into their students' homes. In 1998, nine schools serving low-income neighborhoods participated in the program that pays teachers extra money to make house calls. The program allows teachers and parents to share concerns, as well as showing parents strategies for helping their children with homework.