Michigan Considers Requiring High-School Students to Take at Least One Online Course

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Dan Carnevale: Michigan Considers Requiring High-School Students to Take at Least One Online Course, Chronicle of Higher Education December 14, 2005

According to this article, Michigan wants to make every high school student take an online course. Meanwhile, Ontario wants to make young drivers license applicants prove they are still in high school, to reduce dropouts. Why is our first reaction to make people do things, rather than to make high school, or online courses, good enough to attract students? Why do we insist on standardization? After I dropped out of high school (surprised? you shouldn't be) I picked up my diploma taking part-time and night classes. More...