Over the next several weeks, I am going to be offering advice to folks on how to earn a high school diploma online.

Advice #1: Never sign up for an online high school until you have seen what it looks like inside. Not all online high schools are created equal. Some have just thrown print content onto the Internet and want to say they are an online high school.

Here’s the key: If a school will not let you see what it looks like inside, be concerned. Be very, very concerned. It is an easy thing to provide guest accounts. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.