How is the Babbage Net School different from other Internet schools?

The Babbage Net School is the only school offering live, interactive teacher led classes over the Internet. The other Internet schools known to us are asychronous. Meaning, the teachers and the student are not involved in the course material at the same time. Asychronous instruction has advantages in certain situations. The student is free to study at whatever time they choose. It is less costly because a teacher can handle more students since they are not all in the class at the same time. The materials in many of the schools we have seen are excellent and the teachers are excellent. A student must exhibit a lot of self-discipline to succeed. These classes will benefit many students.

We believe the wonderful dimension added to a class by live, interactive instruction provided by a teacher greatly outweighs the advantages of asynchronous instruction. We feel teachers are integral to the educational process. If teachers were not beneficial to the learning system then all that would be necessary is to issue reading lists and open more libraries! The knowledge and experience of the teacher facilitates the learning process by making the material easier to understand. A teacher is able to answer a question at the time the difficulty arises thereby avoiding days of confusion or unnecessary hours struggling over the material.

The Babbage Net School provides courses that other schools can not provide, like Latin, German and all the Advanced Placement courses.

The Babbage Net School also provides a wide range of offerings that are not available from other schools: live classes, hourly home instruction, Elementary Language Program, Science Research Program, Test Prep Courses and Inservice Courses for teachers.