Babcox finds iQ Academy’s quality impressive. “I was so drawn to online, because you’re getting much higher material,” she said. “It’s like a new frontier in education.”

Last year, the normally A-student concedes, “I learned my lesson and got my butt kicked” when she fell behind schedule. “I’ve got it down this year. There’s no room for procrastination, at all.”

Anne Sturdevant directs Evergreen’s Home Choice school and its iQ Academy. Online students emerge from three groups, she’s found: Those who work a job or may have a child to care for; those from a home-school background; and those who aren’t keen on a comprehensive high school and figure they learn best online.

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KCDL’s products include Aventa Learning, with more than 140 core, elective and Advanced Placement courses; Keystone School, an online private school for middle and high school students; and iQ Academies, which are statewide online public schools for middle and high school students in six states.

In 2009, KCDL reported revenues of $34.7 million, growing 47.1 percent above 2008.

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