Online Learning Has Schools Nervous explains that public schools in Colorado are getting worried about losing students to online schools, “because losing a student means losing accompanying state funding. … If I lose two kids, that’s $20,000 walking out the door,’ said Dave Grosche, superintendent of the Edison 54JT School District.”
So–good for online schools. One drawback, however, is that students going to class online don’t get the beneficial and essential learning experience of being bullied. (Sarcasm intended. See Toward a Theory of Bullying, and followup posts:
More on Bullying, Re: Bullying, More on Bullying/a>, and Bullying.)
