October 22, 1999
As Distance-Learning Boom Spreads, Colleges Help Set Up Virtual High Schools
Backers say specialized on-line courses can benefit students in low-income districts
Distance education might soon be as fashionable in America's high schools as cell phones and baggy pants. A growing number of colleges, schools, and companies are delivering high-school courses over the Internet.
Most of these "virtual high schools" aren't trying to replace traditional schools, however -- cyberspace isn't filling up with P.E. and band classes, at least
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