Online charter schools -- not such a good idea

A New York Times report reveals damaging evidence that online charter schools, while earning profits for Wall Street companies, are actually failing students.  Here's the link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/education/online-schools-score-better-on-wall-street-than-in-classrooms.html.  My two cents?  It's pretty obvious that classroom instruction is important to most learning.  Weaving in online education with classroom education is important, but going all-online is a bad idea.  Virtual learning may be the wave of the future, but classroom education is not going away because it's difficult to reach kids in an online environment.