My niece and nephew do distance education (through Brisbane Distance School or a similar name). When I talk to them about it, I get suspicious they are being paid to market the school, that's how well they talk about the system. They are pretty advanced kids and I get the impression it is easier to be a bit flexible with the program. The parent is the tutor but the kids have lessons/lectures online. We have considered living overseas and if we do go somewhere without an international level schooling system, we would probably use distance education. I think education wise there is no disadvantage to doing it, but I guess kids will all have strengths and weaknesses in how they learn and there is more need for self motivation.