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Suggested  reading: Disrupting Class by Clayton Christensen (Harvard Professor). It's a book about online education. He estimates that half of all high school courses in the United States will be consumed over the Internet by 2019.

Nearly 80,000 kids (K-12) take classes in the state-sponsored Florida Virtual School.
http://www.flvs.net/Pages/default.aspx

K12 Inc. provides full-time online education to 70,000 students in 25 states.
Here's the link to the Oregon branch:
http://www.k12.com/curriculum_and_products/participating-schools-in-oregon/

Side note:
Reed College is an undergraduate institution not a full scale university, like Harvard U (apples v. watermelons comparison).
Unigo was ranking academic rigor and toughness not anything else. Harvard ranking number 6 surprised me too. What do you think, it should be 11th or 12th? Less would be too harsh. Ivy Leaguers not knowing about Reed is more a statement about the Ivy League than Podunk Reed College. 

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The question should not be do you think there's a place for technology in the classroom, BUT, is there a place for the classroom given modern technology?

You can get an legitimate BA from a real accredited online university for $15,000. That's total - not per year. With this kind of price competition you've got to ask how long will the current system last?

Take a look at this: http://www.khanacademy.org/
The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) with the mission of providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere.
Guess how much they charge? It's free. Which I would say is a very good price.

How about free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT - no registration or tution equired?  http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm            It's free. Which I would say is a very good price. Yes, that MIT. You don't get a piece of paper if you pass. But you do get the best educational exposure in the world, save Reed College (from which I am an alumnus.)

Reed is ranked first, MIT is ranked second. Here: http://www.unigo.com/articles/top_10_colleges_that_will_kick_your_butt/?taxonomyId=1180034
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

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