Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask

Online high school - diploma

Asked Feb 4, 2007, 06:13 AM — 7 Answers
My son, age 18, had to withdraw recently from public high school in CT due to medical/psychological reasons.
His grade have dropped significantly this past year or so, but credit-wise he is only short .5 (half) a credit in English 4.
His doctor could write a letter requiring the school to provide tutoring for his .5 credit....this is called the "homebound" program. This would cost the city for payment to the tutor. He would rather take the credit from an accredited (by a recognized regional accreditation board) Online High School called Keystone. I am willing to pay for this. But thus far the board of education is unwilling to accept this credit towards his diploma....they say they've never heard of online high school, don't want to set a precedent, etc. The alternative is to transfer all 20+ of his credits earned at his public high school these past 4 years to the online school and then he would earn his diploma from the online high school....but only after meeting their core requirements which would involve an additional 2 credits plus the .5 that he needs.
This makes me a little nervous because I don't know how a diploma from an online hs will be received by colleges. ?
To me this is crazy and archaic.
Any thoughts or advice?Any experience with Keystone or other online high schools?
Kim
Thanks

Search this Thread
Share |
7 Answers
Fr_Chuck's Avatar
Fr_Chuck Posts: 72,624, Reputation: 37031
Expert
  
#2

Feb 4, 2007, 07:38 AM


In most states online high school falls under the "home school" area and most high schools are slow to accept any credits from home school.

As in most home school children have little problem getting into college but will have to take the college entrance exams


And there are millions of children being home schooled today, and that is all that online high school is, a method of home schooling.
There are various levels of homeschool, one like this, where the school controls all the class work, does the grading and issues the dipolma, others merely supply the material and the parent does the grading and testing, and then where the parent decides what is learned and only buys matieral to be used.

This is the link to the home school legal defense association, I would contact them for some legal advice.
Homeschool: HSLDA-Home School Legal Defense Association:
Helpful
jdhhonda's Avatar
jdhhonda Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
New Member
  
#3

Mar 2, 2007, 01:18 PM
Hi,
I cannot speak to CT, however, in NJ the state is required to provide a home school program. Did you pursue this?
Good Luck
Helpful
tcnixon's Avatar
tcnixon Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
New Member
  
#4

Mar 26, 2007, 06:04 PM
There are many possible choices out there for online high schools. One source for accredited programs is BestOnlineHighSchools.com. It is a directory of these kinds of programs.

As for whether they would be accepted by colleges, the answer is probably "yes" if:

A. The program is regionally or nationally accredited; and
B. That accreditor is listed at http://www.chea.org.


Tom Nixon
Helpful
tcnixon's Avatar
tcnixon Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
New Member
  
#5

Mar 31, 2007, 11:41 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck
In most states online high school falls under the "home school" area and most high schools are slow to accept any credits from home school.

As in most home school children have little problem getting into college but will have to take the college entrance exams

Keystone high school is connected with Bosie Univ
Boise State University

And there are millions of children being home schooled today, and that is all that online high school is, a method of home schooling.

Just to clarify, Keystone National High School is not connected with Boise State. It is a private, commercial company located in Pennsylvania. It is accredited by both DETC and NAAS, a not common occurrance. You can see information on it here:

Keystone National High School

And, while it may technically be true that you could call it homeschooling, many students who pursue online high schools, do not. I guess you could say that homeschooling is a state of mind, in a sense. Certainly most states treat those online high schools with regional accreditation in the same manner as brick & mortar high schools


Tom Nixon
Helpful
wolverine3's Avatar
wolverine3 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
New Member
  
#6

May 6, 2007, 04:05 PM
If I get a high school diploma form belford universitie would it be valid in ny state
Helpful
tcnixon's Avatar
tcnixon Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
New Member
  
#7

May 6, 2007, 05:31 PM
The short answer is "no" for almost all purposes. It is not accredited by a recognized accreditor and the model they use does not result in an acceptable high school diploma.


Tom Nixon
Helpful
tcnixon's Avatar
tcnixon Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
New Member
  
#8

Apr 19, 2008, 12:05 PM
Actually what has been suggested are not the best answers because the OP is looking for high schools. A better choice would be:

http://www.BestOnlineHighSchools.com
Helpful
Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.

Remove Text Formatting
 

Undo
Redo
  
Decrease Size
Increase Size
Bold
Italic
Underline
Align Left
Align Center
Align Right
Ordered List
Unordered List
Decrease Indent
Increase Indent
Insert Email Link
Wrap [QUOTE] tags around selected text
Wrap [CODE] tags around selected text
Wrap [HTML] tags around selected text
Wrap [PHP] tags around selected text
Wrap [YOUTUBE] tags around selected text
Notification Type:



Check out some similar questions!

Scared for high school [ 16 Answers ]

I'm going to be a freshman next year and me and my friends are scared ****less does anyone have any advice on high school like what to do and what not to do for us. And are the freshman anything like do all the upper classmen just ignore us or do they hate us or something Please help me out...

Scared of high school [ 17 Answers ]

Hey I am about to go and face year 7 but I am SO scared of high school and not because of the work but because a few girls have been saying they are going to bash me next year and they sound really serious and I've seen them doit to my friends before. I have done nothing and I don't even know these...

High school diploma [ 2 Answers ]

I gradutated from a christian home school in San Diego,Ca. In 1991. I am looking for a way to find the school or find a web site to locate my diploma.

Do I need a high school diploma to... [ 1 Answers ]

I didn't know, witch thread to put this under but do I need a high school diploma to go to a trade school or college class. And how much would it cost to get my diploma online?

High school interns [ 1 Answers ]

I am implementing an internship program for high school students in central florida.

View more Online Education questions Search