On Best Online High Schools, it is easy to find the real schools. Those are the ones in our listings. Yes, some could make an argument that some are more real than others (based on accreditation, approval, etc.), but my take is that they are real schools.

The fake schools are easy to find as well, but you need to know what you are looking for. The simplest way to determine if it is a fake school is if what is offered is too good to be true. A high school diploma in seven days? Really?

What can be challenging for me are the schools that are in-between. You see, some states, like Florida or California, don’t have what you would call a real approval process. What is given is more like a business license. That is all well and good, but it severely limits the acceptability of such schools. Here’s the problem: just because school is in Florida, California, or elsewhere, does not mean that it is not a real school. It just means that you need to dig deeper.

Additional information: Some of the schools in the advertisements off to the left and to the right may not be real schools. Post a comment on the blog or in the forum and I am happy to give you my take on the situation.