"One of the things we know definitively from the full-time K-12 online schools that Pearson supports is that, for some young learners, the traditional classroom isn't the right fit. Students enroll in these online schools for reasons as different as the students themselves. Some like the flexibility of learning when and where they want. Others struggle with the pace of a traditional classroom – eager to move faster or frustrated because they can't keep up. There are students who can't focus in a group of 30 or have health problems that make sitting still or attending school between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm nearly impossible because of doctor's appointments..."

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