I am not really in favour of anything that increases the amount of work done at home or puts more responsibility on parents. It will increase the disadvantage of those without educated parents or resources.
Exactly. It's homeschooling.
Well I am in favour of home schooling by those willing and able. But not forced home schooling for those not willing or able because the teachers think it is a good idea for them.
A virtual school in the home is not homeschooling, per se. A parental choice to homeschool invokes a model in which the parent is in charge. School-dictated, compulsory use of technology in the home (as being discussed for a government school's "flipped classroom" in which students watch instructional videos on a computer in the home) may open the doors to widespread governmental oversight and monitoring of families in the home. On another recent thread it was mentioned that schools have the ability to
remotely activate video cam and microphone and track websites visited. Parents may wish to be aware if this is being done, including checking school policy for notifications in terms of use, privacy policy, academic honesty policies, etc.
