Can We Keep Up with Our Competition? Should We Care?

Dr. Barrett Mosbacker
Originally posted on The Christian School Journal
January 31, 2009

We are in danger of becoming increasingly irrelevant and non-competitive. If we do, we will lose students.

Historically, our competition has come from free public schools, charter schools, and homeschooling. Our new competition is coming from technology enabled courses offered by public schools, colleges and universities, and virtual schools, including virtual Christian schools. This development is changing the educational landscape and the school market. The current recession is likely to accelerate this change.

Public schools are adopting interactive technology and distance learning (D.L.) at an accelerating pace. Moreover, there is an increasing number of online virtual schools in higher education and in K-12 education. These options make virtually (pun intended) any course available to any student anytime, anywhere. Students and their parents are no longer restricted to brick and mortar traditional schools to have access to high quality fully accredited courses.

Topics discussed in this post include:

• The Explosion in Distance Learning
• Distance Learning Is and Will Disrupt the Traditional Classroom and School
• The Stimulus Plan is to Include $1 Billion for Ed Tech in Public Schools
• Competition from an Unexpected Source-Virtual Christian Schools: The Challenges and The Opportunities

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