“Ohio DL Schools”

The first DL school that I have looked at is ECOT. I have seen more failures than success with this type of online school. Students must be highly motivated in order to be successful. Unfortunately, students that don’t like school will not be successful. Students that suffer from school anxiety or just do not want to attend school because of poor attendance will not be successful. They usually end up transferring to a typical school because they lack the self-discipline and end up credit deficient. It takes a very special student that can survive an online school like ECOT. I am sure there are some that can survive with strictly online course work, but it is a very small percentage, for instance, athletics who qualify for early draft.

 If I had to choose an online school for my child it would be Virtual School Community School of Ohio. Students have a better chance of success in a blended classroom. They have the advantage of face to face with a teacher and their peers vs. strictly online. I personality feel that K-12 is too young to be strictly online because they lack the maturity but of course there is always an exception to every rule.