Online Education News Archive
01-Dec-2008
San Juan High School students earning credit for online courses (The Sacramento Bee)
San Juan High School Principal Ward Andrus doesn't think his students ought to limit their learning to the confines of a traditional campus. And because Andrus can't offer some courses, such as German, he's found a way for students to take for-credit lessons outside school and on the Internet. His students are taking Spanish III or German I at home, at the local library or at coffee shops ? ... College president fights campus binge-drinking (The Capital)
FROSTBURG, Md. ? It's dime draft night every Thursday at the Diamond Lounge on Main Street, and a dozen or so glassy-eyed students are milling around outside as Lt. Kevin Grove's patrol car passes by. Broadband Internet helps rural community move forward (Tucson Citizen)
SUPERIOR - There was a time when Mila Lira wasn't able to run her online business effectively out of this former mining town 60 miles east of Phoenix. Not on a dial-up connection. MINNESOTA POLITICS: Pawlenty, U of M didn't talk ... Norman/Franken race ... etc. (Grand Forks Herald)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty did not invite the University of Minnesota to be part of his online education initiative, the school said. Columbia mother wins full-ride scholarship for online education (Columbia Missourian)
COLUMBIA ? Everyone has a story. Columbia mom Sandy Decker?s earned her a full-ride scholarship to college. Her essay, which she entered into a contest called Project Working Mom , was one of 40 chosen from among 50,000 entries for a prize of a tuition-free online education. Decker received her scholarship from DeVry University and is pursuing a bachelor?s degree in accounting, with ...
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