What courses do Japanese and Chinese students take in high school?

Will online courses for high school replace a significant amount of the seat-time courses students must take?

• The University of California recently released an initiative, statewide, to provide online college prep courses for high school students. Is this a national trend? How much will it grow?

• Answer:

  From what I have read, Idaho and Florida are two other states that are requiring online courses for high school students to complete prior to graduation, as a form of "college prep." Educators supporting this trend seem to consider this as college prep for the technologies that will await students upon arrival to college, including the online courses available. By making them a requirement, educators  can have some peace of mind that students will be getting the right skills necessary to excel. To further explain the happenings on this trend in online courses for college prep, here is an article about the newest trends in online learning: http://www.onlineschools.com/ask/whats-new-in-online-learning. This explains much of why the skills need to be given early on, before college.