Precollege

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• Reference: Education: K through 12: Home Schooling: Middle and High School: Correspondence Schools  (45)

BYU Independent Study - - Online university and high school courses.

Cal Driver Education Home Study Course - - Home study course satisfying the California DMV driver education requirement to obtain a learner permit and driver license.

California Virtual High School (CAVHS) - - Provides online courses for purchase and free SAT/ACT test preparation to the students of California either individually or in partnership with schools and school districts. CAVHS also provides teacher training in the effective use of technology in the K-12 learning context. CAVHS is not an accredited credit-granting high school. Students receive high school credit for CAVHS courses through their home institution.

Center for Distance Education - Math Tutorials - - Home Page for the Math Tutorials. Distance Education for academically talented youth ages 5 - 17.

Chemistry Instruction at Merlin's Academy of Alchemy - - The best Chemistry courses on the Internet. Self-learning, self-paced, hypertextbook and email tutoring. Low cost, high quality chemistry education for home school or institutions.

Class.com - - Web-delivered online accredited high school courses.

Continental Academy - - A private home study high school which offers two programs for achieving a high school diploma. Must be at least 16 to enroll.

Distance Education Center at University of Texas - - Courses for all age groups, especially those who want college credit.

Education Program for Gifted Youth - - EPGY provides computer based distance learning for gifted youth in mathematics, physics and writing from the elementary school level through university level.

Florida Virtual School - - Online public high school offers instruction free to Florida residents and by fee to others. Scheduled courses and suggested curriculum progression, evaluation by students, parents, teachers and school districts [PDF].

Florida Virtual School: The Future of Learning? - - Brief from the American Youth Policy Forum, published online in 2002.

Goliath Academy - - Christian school offering high school diploma to US students through correspondence and online instruction. Tuition, enrollment, accreditations.

Great Western Network - - A consortium of K-12 schools in North Dakota who share distance education resources.

Insite Distance Learning - - High school courses, elementary-level language instruction, virtual field trips. Broadcast schedule is available.

KET DISTANCE LEARNING - HOME PAGE - - a major educational component of our Humanities, German, Latin and Physics courses. Schools enrolled in one or more courses view daily television broadcasts delivered via satellite.

Keystone National High School - - A blended correspondence-based independent study curriculum with internet-based home education.

LearningLinks - - Distance learning at Northwestern's Center for Talent Development. Program provides accredited high school honors and Advanced Placement courses to sixth through twelfth-grade students. Students may begin in October, January or May.

Mem-ExSpan's Cognitive Skills Training System - - The Bridge to Achievement is an accelerated learning technology designed to create faster and more accurate personal information processing, critical thinking, and memory. The scientifically documented multi-media program produces high academic achievement results.

NASA - MSU/Bozeman CERES Project - - CERES has developed several on-line NASA data search engines and two graduate level distance learning courses, available over the internet to K-12 teachers.

A School Without Walls (ASW2) - - Serving students around the globe via the Internet, offers interactive, online A-level courses, 24/7 course support and exam revision courses.

SchoolCenter - - SchoolCenter is a district-wide Web site that works on Windows and Mac platforms simultaneously. Everything going on in the school district can be shared with the community. Web pages can be updated by administrators, teacher and parents without knowing HTML or FTP. The software is a server application.

Southeast Atlantic Academy - - Earn a high school diploma from an accredited, affordable, private school in the comfort of your own home. All ages, grades K-12.

Texas Virtual School - - The Texas Virtual School is a web-based learning initiative designed to meet the needs of Texas public school students and educators. Students can enroll in for-credit and not-for-credits courses.

UC College Prep Initiative - - The mission of the initiative is to provide online college preparatory courses to high school students who otherwise would not have the opportunity to become eligible or competitively eligible for admission to the University of California.

University of Missouri-Columbia High School - - The school offers accredited diploma, college preparation and enrichment programs for homeschool, rural and gifted students. More than 130 courses are available online.

VHS, Inc. - - Large-scale project to create Internet-based courses at the pre-college level.

Virtual Institute of Professional Development - - Offers workplace-related courses online. Subjects include basic academic skills, information technology, business productivity, OSHA compliance, and PC skills.

Wired News: States Rethinking Virtual School - - Article from April 2004 examines use of public funds to pay companies such as K12, Inc. and Connections Academy to run virtual schools in Florida and other states.