Schools are almost all connected to the Internet.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

The act, which specifies that telecommunications companies have to provide "services to elementary schools, secondary schools, and libraries for educational purposes at rates less than the amounts charged for similar services to other parties, " was strongly supported by President Clinton as a contribution towards getting schools connected to the Internet.

BBC: News | Education | Threat to US schools' Internet subsidy

Although 90% of secondary schools are connected to the Internet at the moment, only 30% of primary schools are.

ECONOMIST: Education

Not all online schools are connected to brick-and-mortar universities.

CNN: Do virtual classrooms make the grade?