By Aaron Rop, East Valley Tribune
Online schooling, a format that’s been expanding in colleges during the past decade, is now available and attracting younger students who want the high school or middle school experience, but want to make it their own at their own pace. “Students choose to take online courses for various reasons like illness, peer conflicts, to work faster and get ahead, credit recovery, or scheduling conflicts,” said Helen Riddle, executive director of the Mesa Distance Learning Program. For these students, school isn’t about going to prom and playing on the varsity football team; they’re taking opportunities to explore hobbies like touring in a band, competing in dog shows, or walking down fashion runways in New York, all while attending middle school and high school.
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