Interesting, especially given the funding source. One of the parents described this potential conflict well:

> "We're not the constituency of the school," a parent of a former AltSchool student told Business Insider. "We were not the ones [Ventilla] had to be accountable to."

But I'm rooting for AltSchool. Educational institutions have a way of falling into orthodoxies of tradition and standardization that don't necessarily serve the interests of students — especially in a changing world. It's good to see a little bit of experimentation, so long as it follows the right incentive structure.