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Online schools seeking footholds - Cory Reiss, Herald Tribune

Kelly West was homeschooling her five children near Orlando when an intriguing proposal appeared in her mailbox a few months ago. A scholarship program funded with corporate donations would pay for her 6-year-old daughter to go to private school -- over the Internet. The James Madison K12 Academy, a private online teaching program for kindergartners through fifth-graders, began last month with about 50 students on scholarships administered by the scholarship provider FloridaChild, a company spokesman said. West's daughter qualified.

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