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T.H.E. Journal January 28, 2010 Scott Aronowitz	Wisconsin District To Launch Online School Howard-Suamico School District of Green Bay, WI, has announced it will partner with Kaplan Virtual Education to launch Bay Port iAcademy to provide full- and part-time online education opportunities to middle school and high school students throughout the state.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2010	About Thurgood Marshall Academy Learn more about this year's Foolanthropy recipient.
T.H.E. Journal September 2000	Solution Helps Administrators Analyze Student Performance IBM's Insight at School is a new business intelligence solution for the K-12 market. It provides schools with technology, consulting and services to improve the learning process by helping students make more informed decisions.
T.H.E. Journal September 2008 John K. Waters	A Pathway to Achievement An innovative IT skills program is laying students a trail between high school, higher education, and ultimately, the job market.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Using Technology to Maintain Competitiveness: How to Get Our Groove Back As China and India threaten the supremacy of the US economy, our best hope for keeping pace is putting ed tech funding to use to galvanize education.
T.H.E. Journal June 2000	Taking a Balanced Approach to Reading A Balanced Approach to Reading builds phonological awareness and decoding skills while providing students with opportunities to engage in content-rich, literature-based activities. The results have been exceptional.
T.H.E. Journal December 2002	Case Study: Metropolitan Area Network Helps University City Schools Raise Test Scores The School District of University City, adjacent to St. Louis, Mo., offers an expanding array of classroom applications to its 4,200 students, and 300 staff and faculty members.
T.H.E. Journal March 2003 Chuck Drake	CrossTec Corp.'s NetOp School Located in the heart of the high-tech Washington, D.C., corridor, Forest Park High School specializes in information technology, offering standard and advanced certifications in computer networking, media and graphics, advanced math and programming.
T.H.E. Journal April 2005	Virtual Internships Give Students Real-World Experience Pitsco's new Web-based CareerPorts take students in grades 10-12 on nine-week virtual internships in nationally recognized career cluster areas, helping them hone their real-world career experiences and independent learning skills.
T.H.E. Journal August 1999 Jody C. Isernhagen	Technology: A Major Catalyst for Increasing Learning "If you can conceive of it, you can achieve it." (Kennedy Space Center, Florida) A rural Nebraska public school district adopted this philosophy when they applied for a three-year competitive Excellence in Education Grant in late 1995....
T.H.E. Journal June 2003 Mona Westhaver	Learning to Learn: The Best Strategy for Overall Student Achievement State and local funding for schools is decreasing. Learning to learn -- helping students develop thinking skills, learning skills and, most importantly, a passion for learning -- is the solution that will have the most long-term and widespread impact.
T.H.E. Journal February 2009	Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses.
T.H.E. Journal September 2005 Podoll & Randle	Building a Virtual High School...click by click South Dakota's Rapid City Academy finds out just what it takes to provide a diverse population of students the flexibility offered by online learning.
T.H.E. Journal November 2001 Philip J. Bossert	Lessons Learned An inside look at four of the top technology school districts in the nation...
Geotimes April 2007 Vernon J. Ehlers	Education: Why Do I Have to Learn Geometry? The study of science, technology, engineering and math is critical for every student in our nation, not only for enhancing their opportunities for good jobs, but also for improving our national security and competitiveness.
T.H.E. Journal February 2007	Texas District Uses Web-Based Assessment Solutions To Target Instruction Standards-based formative assessment and computer-adaptive diagnostic testing provide educators with data to address student needs.
T.H.E. Journal April 2001	On The Web Student performance enhancement and college prep service provider aims to make college a reality for every student... Web site offers a place for students to exchange their old textbooks for ones that they currently need... Teaching children about preventing injuries in the home... etc.
T.H.E. Journal January 8, 2010 Jennifer Demski	Winning Back Homeschoolers With the defection of local families causing a steep dip in enrollment, a rural Ohio district goes virtual to stem the tide.
T.H.E. Journal December 2007 Matt Bolch	Custom-Built Curriculum Districts are abandoning textbooks and instead picking and choosing their own instructional materials that more closely align to new academic standards.
T.H.E. Journal September 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon	A vRoom With a View North Carolina students are peering in as doctors perform surgery, thanks to a distance learning technology that provides unique project-based educational opportunities.
T.H.E. Journal January 2007 Justine Brown	Targeted Instruction :: On Target Using technology to pinpoint problem academic areas can enable students to catch up, keep up, and get ahead.
National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller	National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students.
T.H.E. Journal June 2001 Sylvia Charp	Professional Development Public dissatisfaction with academics is causing educators to re-examine their curriculum to put more emphasis on effective teaching...
T.H.E. Journal May 2002 Sylvia Charp	Changes to Traditional Teaching Teaching and learning have changed as the use of technology becomes more prevalent...
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Neal Starkman	Problem Solvers US students continue to lag behind the rest of the world in the four core STEM subjects. The answer, many believe, is a practical approach to instruction: project-based.
T.H.E. Journal January 2001	Setting Standards in Schools SchoolNet, an ASP offering Internet solutions for performance-driven schools, districts and states, is supplying tools to meet education leaders' need to utilize their abundance of data...
T.H.E. Journal October 2001 Lea Ann Lockard	Collaborative Technology Planning The impact of technology plans on students' and teachers' learning...
T.H.E. Journal September 2007 John K. Waters	Corporate Foundations :: Enterprise to the Rescue! Stepping in where they claim schools are failing to act, leading technology companies are funding endowments to support teaching 21st-century skills to tomorrow's workforce.
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Sue Collins	Filling Educational Gaps With Online Learning: An Educationally, Economically Sound Solution Through innovative budgeting and planning strategies, superintendents and principals everywhere are discovering creative tools for meeting the needs of all students. Online learning is one such tool, offering a cost-effective way to expand a school's educational offerings.
T.H.E. Journal November 2002	Technology Takes On Rural Alaskan Schools Technology is improving virtually all aspects of rural education for teachers, administrators and students. Nowhere is this demonstrated better than in the Northwest Arctic Borough School District, located in one of the most remote areas of northwest Alaska.
T.H.E. Journal November 2005 Mark Erb	The Power of Digital Integration A small-town district prepares its high school students for the future by implementing a 1-to-1 laptop program with digital communications tools.
T.H.E. Journal December 2007	THE Journal's 2007 Innovators : 2 These educators use iPods and live broadcasts to merge technology and learning.
T.H.E. Journal January 2006	District-Vendor Partnerships Grant awards technology-based learning project to denver academy.
T.H.E. Journal October 2005	ETS Introduces Comprehensive K-12 Student Achievement Solution Educational Testing Service has launched a customizable, comprehensive suite of K-12 products and services that helps schools improve student achievement.
T.H.E. Journal December 2006 Amy Ellisor	Customized Learning A search engine that adapts to individual student abilities has proven to be an ideal addition to one district's effort to differentiate instruction.
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Rama Ramaswami	Even! But No Longer Odd Once regarded as an unconventional alternative for atypical students, virtual schools have achieved mainstream acceptance, and are now seen as providing an education equal to - if not better than - what their traditional counterpart offers.
T.H.E. Journal January 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Sharing and Rewarding Your Successes, Failures The Sylvia Charp Award for District Innovation in Technology will once again honor a district for its pioneering application of technology districtwide.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005	$1M Collaborative Effort Preps Students for the Future Dell and Microsoft have launched FutureReady, a collaborative program designed to reward innovative K-12 schools while helping students reach their full potential through classroom technology.
T.H.E. Journal August 2002	Christian County Touts Student-Run IT Help Desk The technology help desk at Christian County Public Schools in Kentucky is run by top-notch, fully trained information technology support professionals. And the best part is they're only high school students.
T.H.E. Journal December 2005 Geoffrey Fletcher	Building a Better Assessment Program Now is the time to utilize the technology we have, to create a system that encourages students to learn rather than just pass a test.
T.H.E. Journal August 2006 Michelle Gamble-Risley	Surviving Accountability: As Easy as AYP Data-driven strategies and personalized instruction are paving the way to higher test scores, one student at a time.
T.H.E. Journal December 2001	Troy School District's Integration of Media Curriculum Michigan's Troy School District recently completed the enormous task of implementing voice, video and data communications in each of its 19 school buildings and within every classroom in the district...
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Curriculum-Based Reform :: An Eye on the Future Employers say that US schools are not teaching students the skills they must have for the 21st-century workplace. What may be needed is a sweeping change in how we think about curriculum.
T.H.E. Journal December 2001 Sylvia Charp	Assessment and Accountability Tests are a means, not an end. To increase educational achievement, teachers should be responsible for judging student performance, giving out grades and deciding to pass or fail students...
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical.
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Christine Fox	Elementary Schools : The Time Is Now Early diagnosis of academic deficits is pivotal to keeping students from falling irretrievably behind. Formative assessment technology gives teachers the tools to respond.
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Mary Ann Wolf	High Schools : An Equation That Works As secondary students continue to show little interest in the four STEM subjects, combining technology use with engaging instructional practices may be the only way to reach them.
T.H.E. Journal March 2003 Shay K. McKinley	ExplorNet Empowers Mississippi Students Through Technology Education The ExplorNet Computer Engineering program, which is active in about 40 Mississippi schools, is a hands-on class in which students participate. Its goal is to teach students how to assemble new computers from scratch, as well as how to upgrade donated or used computers by replacing parts.
T.H.E. Journal November 2008 Sean Portnoy	Working Hand in Hand Alliances between school districts and community-based organizations are serving students in ways that neither group can do alone.
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Rama Ramaswami	Nothing to LOL About Schools fear the predatory behavior that lurks around social networking sites can make users sitting ducks for hackers, thieves, cyberbullies, and scammers. So they're caught in what appears to be an all-or-nothing choice.