The Texas Virtual School Network is a new resource for your children, provided by the state of Texas. It allows your child to take school courses for credit online. Why would anyone other than a home schooler need this? Here are some reasons:
Need to make up lost credit.
Wish to accelerate learning.
Homebound due to illness or other health related issues.
Want to take AP courses.
Courses not available in the students home district.
Here's a link to a press release from the Texas Education Agency regarding the TxVSN.
I heard about this resource from David Hall's weekly email on education. Mr. Hall sends out an email every week on education. If you would like to be added to his distribution list, email him your request to
dhall.planoisd@gmail.com
He also has a blog:
http://www.dhall-planoisd.blogspot.com/
It's great that our State Legislature and the Texas Education Agency try hard to provide a good education for our children. And we are lucky to have people like David Hall who work to contribute to our children's welfare.
Robert Canright
Follow up:
I have heard of one home schooling family that tried the virtual school network and quit it.
One complaint was that learning was disjointed. The curriculum hopped around a lot. I can understand that problem because I see it in the PISD math curriculum. The public schools do have trouble teaching in a coherent fashion, so a virtual public school on a computer network could easily manifest all the curriculum failings of the public schools.
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