The Illinois State Board of Education has approved the states first virtual public elementary school, the Chicago Virtual Charter School. The Board acted against State Superintendent Randy Dunns recommendation to disapprove the Chicago schools application, as well as against the opposition of the powerful Chicago Teachers Union, by voting a five-to-four approval.
Though virtual schools already exist in the United States, they usually are high schools. Several states, however, prohibit virtual charter schools, such as Indiana, Tennessee and New York. South Carolina goes one step further by prohibiting any home-based instruction at its charter schools.
Opposition to the Chicago schools new virtual elementary school stem from a variety of areas. Here are just a few:
Computers will replace teachers and/or reduce their role in education, eliminating many teacher positions.
The one-on-one attention that students may receive in a physical classroom setting will be lost.
Virtual students in the Chicago schools will not receive enough social interaction, stunting their socialization skills.
Proponents believe the Chicago schools new virtual...
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