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Administrators and some parents praised the program, but it faced criticism from others who said their children were spending too much time online, some content was inappropriate, and students were not getting enough direct guidance. Superintendent Jeffrey Solan said this week he accepted the change was too much, too soon for some.

Some parents who organized against the Summit Learning platform say there's no need to change what's worked in the past. Administrators and some parents praised the program, but it faced criticism from others who said their children were spending too much time online, some content was inappropriate, and students were not getting enough direct guidance. Superintendent Jeffrey Solan said this week he accepted the change was too much, too soon for some. The program was developed by a California charter school network and has signed up over 300 schools to use its blend of technology with go-at-your-own-pace personalized learning.

His answer is just as relevant today - except that we might well substitute the more trendy "data science" for the outmoded word "statistics". That course, Intro to Statistics ST101 taught by Sebastian Thrun, is still in the Udacity catalog as a free self-paced course and it serves as a way into Udacity's Digital Marketing Nanodegree Program. Another free beginner level short course Intro to Descriptive Statistics is also available as a precursor to the Data Analyst Nanodegree Program. There is also a Data Foundations Nanodegree for begiiners for learning to manipulate, analyze, and visualize data with Excel, SQL, and Tableau.

About this course: This if the final course in the specialization which builds upon the knowledge learned in Python Programming Essentials, Python Data Representations, and Python Data Analysis. We will learn how to install external packages for use within Python, acquire data from sources on the Web, and then we will clean, process, analyze, and visualize that data. This course will combine the skills learned throughout the specialization to enable you to write interesting, practical, and useful programs. By the end of the course, you will be comfortable installing Python packages, analyzing existing data, and generating visualizations of that data. This course will complete your education as a scripter, enabling you to locate, install, and use Python packages written by others.