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Sign On to National School Choice Week 2012!
January 16, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
National School Choice Week, a grass roots effort, will be held this year from January 22-28. Activities and events sponsored throughout the nation will focus on effective education options for all children and support of school choice options in all states. This is an opportunity to educate local school boards and state legislatures about the need for education reforms that empower parents to choose the best educational environments for their children, whether those environments are public schools, public charter schools, magnet schools, virtual schools, private schools, homeschooling and more.
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USDA awards rural N.Ky. schools $498K grant
December 13, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment
The rural development grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture was presented to Pendleton County, Gallatin County and Williamstown Independent school districts on Monday afternoon.
The new distance learning system will enable the three school districts – and their collective 12 schools – to share classes as one large virtual school. Through the use of mobile media carts, video conferencing equipment, white boards and interactive displays, teachers and students from all three districts can connect and share resources without ever leaving their respective classrooms, according to Pendleton County Schools Superintendent Anthony Strong.
“It will open a lot of doors for our students,” said Strong. “The system will allow us to partner with not only school districts in our region, but also with any school that has this technology.”
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The Growth of Virtual Learning (rebroadcast)
November 7, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment
The idea of virtual learning is growing in the American education system. More students from Kindergarten through 12th grade are learning in front of a screen rather than from a live teacher. While some say the format is cost efficient and tailored to each individual’s learning speed, others say essential components of the schooling system, such as development of social skills and hands on lessons, are being compromised in the process. Many educators are looking on with reluctant optimism as the virtual world expands in its implementation. Today we’re looking at education that favors computers over classrooms.
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