Study on eSchool and Community Involvement

An interesting study is taking place in Wisconsin regarding online schooling and community involvement.

Lawrence University government professor Arnold Shober wants to learn more about why elementary and secondary students choose online schooling and how it affects their potential for community involvement.
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His main question, he said, is what the likelihood is that these students will become civically engaged in their communities down the road.

“The stereotype is that they are isolated from the world, but that’s not necessarily the case,” he said.

In my experience, the students taking online courses aren’t the isolated ones, but instead the ones who are looking to excel or who are making up courses for those they had problems with in the traditional school system. I’m interested to see what this study discovers.

The original article appears at the Appleton Post-Crescent.