Specifically under the nonclassroom - based legal classification of schools, there are many different education delivery models including a small number of 100 % online schools but also including personalized learning schools, homeschooling programs,
traditional independent study programs, and hybrid programs.
Now, an
independent study of the Bay Area's five middle schools operated by KIPP (the Knowledge Is Power
Program) concludes that its intense focus on the academic and social success of each individual child does have measurable benefits beyond what
traditional schools have achieved - usually.