The top reasons that students take the virtual route for school tend to fall into a few specific categories, which haven't changed in the two decades since online options first surfaced. A new report issued by the Foundation for Blended and Online Learning looks as what has influenced the pace of growth among students choosing to attend blended and online schools, as well as the number of such programs introduced or adopted by "traditional" districts."
Via EDTECH@UTRGV
Now public k-12 schools are jumping in with blended and online schools, in addition to charter/private schools (primarily high schools, but not all)