LaurelSprings raises many of the red flags that I've learned about with online providers over the years-- namely, there can't be BOTH "real live interactions with teacher and classmates!" and "work at your own pace-- endless flexibility!"
KWIM? Either the schedule works synchronously (like any other school class tends to) or it works in a vacuum and completely self-paced (independent EPGY, Khan, etc.) but it can't be BOTH at the same time
That makes sense.
Oh-- and surprise-surprise, none of their science offerings meet UC's standards for a-g, either. Now, that's a red flag for me in a different way... I mean, it doesn't matter if you aren't applying to UC, I suppose. But it's a warning that the post-secondary academy doesn't consider the course to be sufficiently rigorous to serve as "college preparation" in the subject-- at least not as it stands.
That is good to know. All I knew is that there history classes did count for A-G. Didn't really look very far into the science classes except to know they existed.
It can be very hard to judge these places without any personal knowledge. Last year I was looking at Japanese online classes and had difficulty finding any that seemed "good enough" and gave up. Decided that community college classes were the better way to go, and that it would be best to wait for a bit more maturity out of DS before trying the community college class.
