The virtual classroom – About 2,000 families competed for slots in Louisiana Connections Academy, the first statewide charter school offering online classes to students in grades K-12.

What if students could forgo khaki pants and polo shirts and head for school in their pajamas? What if they didn’t have to guess the identity of the brown stuff on their lunch tray and ate Mom’s home cooking for lunch every day? What if they weren’t distracted by the class clown and didn’t fret