Online learning boom echoes across state
Internet classes, a trickle in public schools a decade ago, are rapidly joining the education mainstream — so quickly that it's unclear what all the ramifications may be.
Statewide, 10,161 Washington students — mostly in high school — took one or more online classes for credit last school year, more than triple the number four years ago, according to a survey done by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. One of the first virtual public schools — the Florida Virtual School — served about 21,000 students.

