| Millions of desperate parents today are appalled at | | | | such as Keystone National High School onlyoffer |
| the inferioreducation public schools give their kids, | | | | high-school programs while others offer a |
| but think they have nowhere else to go. | | | | complete,kindergarten through 12th grade |
| Many parents believe that the only alternative to | | | | education. |
| public schools iseither a Catholic or | | | | Many accredited Internet schools give a course of |
| Protestant-affiliated school or expensive non- | | | | study similar totraditional private schools. They |
| religious private school. The problem is that even | | | | take children through a progressivecurriculum in |
| Catholic schoolsnow charge an average tuition | | | | math, science, reading and writing, history, and |
| between $3000 to $4000 a year. Non- religious | | | | manyother subjects. |
| private schools can charge between $7000 to | | | | This structured, comprehensive program, in |
| over $14,000 ayear. | | | | effect, gives children apersonal teacher and |
| Millions of low and middle-income parents simply | | | | private-school education in their own livingroom. |
| cannot afford thistuition, so they think they are | | | | This setup is especially helpful for single-working |
| stuck with public schools. | | | | moms, or familieswhere both mother and father |
| Turtel says there's another way. Now parents can | | | | work. Since Internet-school teacherssupervise the |
| give their kids anexcellent private-school education | | | | child's education, it's less likely that parents haveto |
| through Internet schools thatcater to K-12th | | | | take time from work or quit their job to |
| grade students. | | | | homeschool their kids. |
| Many Internet private schools have low tuition | | | | As Turtel says to parents in his book , "You don't |
| costs, from as low as | | | | have to settle fora third-rate public- school |
| $350 a year to $2000 or more a year. Many | | | | education for your children. You do |
| schools charge less than | | | | havealternatives, many excellent, low-cost |
| $850 a year. | | | | alternatives that can giveyour children a first-rate |
| For example, the Clonlara School currently | | | | education and a rewarding future." |
| charges about $750 for the | | | | "Public School, Public Menace" has a whole |
| 2005-06 school year for a new student in | | | | Resource section devotedto Internet private |
| kindergarten through 8thgrade studies. Children | | | | schools and many other education options. |
| get a thorough education in Reading, Math, | | | | Theauthor lists dozens of Internet schools with |
| History, and many other subjects in the | | | | their website addresses. |
| curriculum, and the schoolassigns a personal | | | | Parents can quickly research these schools, find |
| teacher to each child. | | | | out if the yearlytuition fits their budget and the |
| There are dozens of excellent Internet private | | | | curriculum and teaching methodslook suitable for |
| schools parents canchoose from. Some schools | | | | their child. |