On Thursday, that company announced a deal with Milwaukee Public Schools to offer Apex's online AP courses and AP exam review at all 21 city high schools. Questions raised Further expansion of such Internet courses and virtual schools creates broad policy implications for Wisconsin educators. Questions about the educational impact are even more vast. Some caution that Internet courses are still an unproven way of teaching students. They also say that not every course can be offered online.
Physical education is one.
Even Richter admits his company struggles with how to teach aspects of animal dissection to biology students, for example. School administrators say they must move cautiously. We want to give kids options. Others say, however, that the opportunity Internet courses provide is too valuable to pass up. Virtual university staff are starting up a virtual high school campus next year.