Many companies provide tuition reimbursements. Web-building projects are increasingly finding their way into classrooms as a means of reinforcing math, language arts, science and other core curriculum subjects. School officials fear the financial impact may worsen if more homeschoolers sign up. Employers have mixed opinions on whether to hire those who possess degrees earned over the Internet, a new survey finds. These rules apply to 1,140 University of Alabama students who are enrolled in the school's first computerized Math 100 course.
Students work at their own pace with computer software and individualized tutorial assistance.
The school also loans a computer to most students who request one. Students get high-speed Internet access and online educational materials at no charge, whether they use the school's computer or their own. Gaschler estimates that 94 percent of his students have a computer at home, about 60 percent of those from the charter school, from its stock of more than 4,000 computers purchased in the last four years. If parents want it, an Internet filter also is provided to screen out pornography. Those attending the conference adopted the forms of on-screen characters.