GEORGIA’S UNIVERSITY system is one of the state’s biggest
assets. The same goes for some local school systems.
Unfortunately, not every Georgian has access to quality
educational offerings. Some are poor or disadvantaged. Others
live far away from a campus. Still others may not have flexible
schedules that allow them to work a job and take a class that
would open the door to more opportunities. That’s why Georgia
must do a better job of harnessing technology to educate all its
citizens, regardless of income, age or location. That means
turning the entire state into a classroom and offering classes
online — and doing it for free. In other words, let’s create
more virtual schools. Some of the nation’s finest universities,
such as Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
are already going down this path. Last year, Stanford offered a
free online course on artificial intelligence, which two leading
experts from Silicon Valley taught. According to The New York
Times, about 58,000 students from aroun