July 21st, 2008
The iQ Academy folks from Wisconsin have expanded into Washington. iQ Academy Washington have begun enrolling students for the 2008-2009 school year.
By the way, came across this article:
iQ Academy Washington marked the official statewide expansion of its online school for Washington students in grades 7-12 on Friday, July 18 as one of the school’s administrators pursued a Guinness World Record for scuba diving with a laptop — the first known attempt at such a feat.
How cool is that! For the rest of the article, see iQ Academy Washington Marks Official Expansion of Online School With Guinness World Record Attempt.
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July 21st, 2008
I received an email today about this high school* and I thought it was a good jumping-off point for teaching how to recognize fake high schools. Over the next several days, I am going to post one point each day.
To begin with, when I go to the website, I see it offering an unrealistic time expectation. It offers the following sentence:
Why settle for a GED when you can get a high school diploma in less than 5 days?
Now, folks, this really should be your first clue. There is absolutely no way that a legitimate school can give you a high school diploma in only five days. Don’t worry, though, because some students take as long as four weeks. Same issue: no legitimate school can give you a high school diploma in only four weeks.
Stay tuned for tomorrow’s point.
*By the way, if the referenced “high school” can prove that it is a legitimate educational entity, I will be happy to give it a full apology posted here.
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