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Polycom Helps Southeast Kansas Education Service Center Bring Distance Learning to 55,000 Students in Rural Communities Though the Power of Video Collaboration

110 video classrooms in 47 school districts help ensure K-12 students are taught robust curricula despite millions in Kansas education budget cuts PLEASANTON, Calif. – Apr 10, 2012 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced that the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center at Greenbush has equipped […]

STEM Education Technology Trends: Evolving Classrooms

A nationwide push for creating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) learning opportunities through technology is taking center stage. Learn more about what it looks like and how students are benefiting.Cisco Full Article

Virginia high school uses technology to increase learning time, boost graduation rates

T.C. Williams High School, in Virginia’s Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), uses technology to create online and blended-learning environments that provide extra support to students who need it. Two of the school’s primary goals are to extend the amount of learning time and ensure that more students graduate—and early results from these programs are encouraging.eSchool […]

Georgia district implements virtual-world technology

A major metropolitan school district has announced that it will offer a 3D virtual-world environment to every classroom teacher in its 35 schools.eSchool NewsFull Story

Online Teacher of the Year: Individualized instruction is key

Through a combination of blended learning, individualized instruction, and enthusiasm, online biology teacher Leslie Fetzer’s dedication to helping her special-needs students develop core learning skills contributed to her new title as the 2012 National Online Teacher of the Year for K-12 education.eSchool NewsFull Article

Should every Georgia high school student take an online course? Why?

Update: This afternoon the House Education Committee passed the online learning bill with the mandate removed.Now, the bill urges school systems to maximize digital learning rather than mandating that students take at least one online course to graduate.The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFull Article

Virtual schooling’s popularity challenges policy makers

With student enrollment increasing rapidly, virtual schooling is experiencing some growing pains. From high dropout rates to concerns about academic rigor, virtual schooling is generating a litany of complaints and unintended student consequences.eSchool NewsFull Article

Paradise Valley offers programs to other schools

The Paradise Valley Unified School District could bring in tens of thousands of dollars from sharing its distance-learning programs.The governing board recently approved an intergovernmental agreement with other districts and charters interested in “any and all new distance-learning programs that exist now and/or have been planned for the future,” said Michael Linn, Paradise Valley’s assistant […]

Distance learning offers new route to success

Desta tries to change destinies; At-home study with mentoring helps marginalized youth return to schoolTwo years ago, Latishia Barksdale dropped out of high school at age 17 and faced an uncertain future.Before quitting, Barksdale was failing miserably in math and science. She couldn’t get the extra help she needed and was too embarrassed to ask […]

Groups expand access to open educational resources

As educators push for more and better access to open educational resources (OER), or content that is available free of charge online, new efforts are helping classroom teachers find and use these resources as quickly and efficiently as possible.eSchool NewsFull Article

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