In a new attempt at alternative education, a Japanese venture company said Wednesday it will launch a home school in April in which students use the Internet to study at home in Japan and "graduate" from an American high school.
At Atmark Inter-Highschool, students who have graduated from junior high school will organize their own curriculum to accumulate the required credits in each subject, according to Tokyo-based Atmark Learning Inc. at a Tokyo news conference.
They will study materials from Web sites and use e-mail to interact with teachers and submit reports, which will be the basis of evaluating their achievements.
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