Not sure where you got the idea that it is entirely the child's choice what he learns. What I got out of the article is that the child's interests, strengths an

Not sure where you got the idea that it is entirely the child's choice what he learns. What I got out of the article is that the child's interests, strengths and weaknesses are taken into account to produce an individualized curriculum. If a child is weak in mathematics, the curriculum is adjusted for _that child_ to emphasize mathematics. It's not as simple as "Johnny wants to learn poetry and only poetry, so that's what we let him learn." At least, that's what I got out of the explanation. It's chaotic in that every student needs to be guided differently, and AltSchool is using technology to make that guidance easier for the teachers to apply across individuals. The idea is not to lose students in the crowd, but also not to let them lose themselves in the chaos.