Introduction: The ProblemStudents in America are not getting the education they need in traditional brick-and-mortar public schools. The potential of high-performing students is often stifled by the current system that holds them back, while low-performing students often feel frustrated and discouraged. My experience in a Virginia Title I elementary school offers specific anecdotal evidence of this. For example, most of my kindergarten students (16 out of 20) were considered ESOL (i.e. English for Speakers of Other Languages). Most of the teachers employed by the school were unable to effectively communicate ideas with a number of students due to the language barrier. This should raise concerns among policymakers about the sustainability of the current education model, as Education Minister Arne Duncan recently reported that most students in public schools will be minorities by this fall. On another occasion, a high-performing student in class wanted to read an advanced-level book but was not allowed to do so because it was “not in the lesson plan for that day.” Additionally, a nearby kindergarten teacher had a student in her class who excelled in drawing and other artistically demonstrated skills. Unfortunately, he would have to be regularly pulled away from his work, despite his deep interest, ability and concentration to work on something else that did not inspire the same passion in him. A final example of the current model's failure to meet individual student needs is student mobility between school districts. According to US census data (Schachter, 2004, p. 3), 14% of school-age children (5-19 years) changed residence between 2002 and 2003. Students who experience high levels of mobility belong more often to a minority... . middle of paper ......mental school.Means, B., Toyama, Y., Murphy, R., Bakia, M., & Jones, K. (2010). Evaluating evidence-based practices in online learning: A meta-analysis and review of online learning studies. US Department of Education. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf.Schachter, J. (2004). “Geographic mobility: from 2002 to 2003”. U.S. Department of Commerce, 1-16. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-549.pdf.Stewart, M. (2014). “K12 online learning is similar to 'brick and mortar schools'.” Daily time. http://www.thedailytimes.com/news/ks-online-learning-similar-to-brick-and-mortar-schools/article_a2a1f1b3-a999-53d2-bcab-ad830b147396.html.Zittleman, S. (2013). Philosophy of education. In RTEC Faculty, (Ed.), Foundations of Education EDUC 200 (157-184). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Company.