Simply stated, Cyber High School is your child or student going to school on the computer, at your home or at school and most often at your school district's expense. But, as with everything education, nothing is simple. Cyber schools, cyber charter schools, online learning, elearning, distance education, virtual schools, virtual charter schools ... this is such a new trend, those selling it can't even figure out what to call it. Many states like Pennsylvania and California are several years into cyber charter education, and others haven't even started. Some send a computer home with you, pay your internet bill and send you textbooks. Other districts are adding online curriculum that your child takes at school during their school day, in the library or computer room.

For the consumer and the student, it all boils down to education and learning at home or with one on one instructor help, at your own personal computer. But for parents this is a very confusing time.

( Here is a great illustration of a child's day in a K-12 virtual school from the Arizona Virtual Academy )