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PersonalProfessors.com Continues Recent Successes with Approval by California

PORTLAND, OR – July 18, 2003. California education officials have announced that the Portland company Renaissance Education Group, Inc. has been selected as a state-approved supplemental education services provider. Through their PersonalProfessors.com learning community, the company delivers live and interactive instruction in high school math and science. The online instructional consists of a point-by-point series […]

Students pioneer online learning

The goal was to help students qualify for UC by giving them an opportunity to take challenging classes not available at their high schools because of financial or other reasons. Read the Full Article

Jefferson e-school widens its reach

So last semester, Jordan, who is 15 , withdrew from Louisville’s Atherton High School and enrolled in online courses with the district’s JCPSeSchool, where he could write essays at midnight, take science quizzes in his bathrobe or take a weeklong break when he became mired in algebra. Read the Full Article

Student-athletes find Weston online school a match for training schedules

During the school year, they fit their coursework, which they complete at their own pace on computers, between a morning tennis practice, lunch and an afternoon practice.Read the Full Article

ACADEMIC IMPACT: Giving kids laptops excites educators

Your mom and dad may not have one. Your older brother or sister may not even have one. But if you’re one of Michigan’s 132,000 public school sixth-graders, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the Michigan Legislature want to put one on your desk. Read the Full Article

Lightspan, Inc. Signs Contract to Deliver Online Assessments to Key California School District

SAN DIEGO, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Lightspan, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSPN), a leading provider of high-quality educational products and services used in schools and homes to help increase academic achievement, announced today that it will provide online assessments to 23 schools in the Irvine, California school district. Lightspan eduTest Assessment will provide educators with time-sensitive data […]

Online DPS students log out

First summer school classes over the Net finish for the season. Read the Full Article

New online courses aid tiny schools

Alaska Online, a consortium of nine school districts, has been offering a pilot program of 21 courses for high school students for a year and will start officially this fall. Read the Full Article

Blackboard Announces K-12 Advisory Board

The new board will serve to further guide Blackboard in the areas of product development and services and offer an in-depth perspective into the evolving e-Education needs of the K-12 community. The formation of the Blackboard K-12 Advisory Board serves as a critical platform for communication with the K-12 community. Board members will share their […]

Educator sees great potential in online learning

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