How do you choose an online high school? There are many key factors in the decision-making process and over the next couple of weeks, I will be looking at some of them. Here is the first:
Part 1: Determine who says that it is a legitimate online high school. There are many fakes on the Internet. An online high school should:
a. Be accredited by either one of the accreditors listed here or here.
b. Be recognized by your state’s department of education.
c. Be recognized by a school district.
Often there is some cross-over between the three of these and that is perfectly acceptable.
So what do you do if your school of interest has none of those three? I would strongly recommend a posting in our forum here as one way to determine if it is a “real” school.