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Branford schools turn to tech devices

February 21, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Superintendent of Schools Hamlet Hernandez said he is hoping to expand on the tech-savvy programs the district already has and develop new opportunities for students to use technology in education.

Last year, the administration launched a virtual high school that provides online courses the school doesn’t offer and expands on courses the school does offer.

Cellphone use is permitted at the high school for educational purposes, such as using the phone as a device to tap into the school’s wireless Internet and research something needed for a class or participate in an online poll created by a teacher.

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Virtual High School Expands Students’ Options

February 4, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

No one at Canton High School teaches “Investing in the Stock Market” but that didn’t prevent senior Bryan Fitzpatrick from taking it this year.

Fitzpatrick is one of 18 students at the high school taking online courses through Virtual High School Inc.

For the courses, students log into a website and receive instructions from a certified teacher, interact with other students, submit their work, “discuss” ideas and more.

Students and staff said the courses have several advantages, one of the most obvious being that students can study topics the district either can’t afford to offer or doesn’t provide due to limited student interest.

“It allows somebody that has a high interest in an area to pursue it and learn more,” said Melissa Cook, who coordinates the Virtual High School program at Canton High School.

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Cambridge Judge Business School delivers Leadership Programme for UNICEF

November 14, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Designed for UNICEF’s senior leaders, the Senior Leadership Development Programme will be delivered in study blocks for around 150 of UNICEF’s leadership team over a two-year period.

In a time of unprecedented internal and external change, including the introduction of new organisation-wide systems and processes, UNICEF determined the need for a competency-building, strategic and developmental leadership programme. The UNICEF leaders involved will benefit from a deeper understanding of team work and the drive for results, support in gaining a long-term strategic view, as well as having the opportunity to be challenged by a network of world-class faculty, sector experts and each other.

The duration of each group is seven months and the content is split into three study blocks covering key leadership areas and delivered globally at locations including UNICEF’s headquarters in New York and at Cambridge Judge Business School, UK. The programme utilises a blended learning approach of plenary faculty-led discussions, group coaching, individual mentoring, project work and online interaction and learning through a Virtual Learning Environment.

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With Schools Turning to the Web for K-12 Education, Quality is a Concern

August 31, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Online courses have become an accepted fact of college life. But more and more school districts are turning to Web-based learning for lower grade levels, especially as a way for struggling high school students to make up courses they’ve failed or missed. The online classes aren’t only for those who have fallen behind, though. Due to budget constraints, some schools are using them to offer advanced placement classes and expand elective offerings. For example, Reza Namin, the superintendent of schools in Westbrook, Maine, told the New York Times that, while she couldn’t justify paying a Chinese language instructor in the face of a $6.5 million budget deficit, she was able to continue offering the course by turning to the online, non-profit Virtual High School Global Consortium.

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Virtual school is a cloudy vision

August 13, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

FARMINGTON — The Farmington Municipal school board of education saw too many “grey areas” surrounding a proposed virtual charter school during the school’s public hearing Thursday afternoon.

The New Mexico Virtual Academy went before the board and about 20 members of the public in an attempt to persuade the community that the academy would offer a new alternative within public school education. It would be the first virtual charter school in the state if approved.

“It’s not for every kid,” said Mary Gifford, senior vice president of K12 Inc., the company which would oversee curricula for the academy.

Though aimed primarily toward local students who do not fit into the traditional public school system, it would cater statewide to students with special needs; students who have fallen behind in school; students who want to move at a faster pace; or students looking to finish their high school education without having to physically return., said academy board member Larry Palmer.

Students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade could enroll. Local students would be the primary demographic, though students could enroll statewide.

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Education tops agendas of Bridgeport mayoral candidates

July 26, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

At an event at the 305 Gallery on Knowlton Street Monday, Foster gave new insight into the steps she would take if elected mayor in the Democratic primary Sept. 13 against Coviello, Mayor Bill Finch and John Gomes, owner of the Red Rooster Deli.

Family resource centers created in all schools would provide resources for parents. Alternative learning methods, like virtual high schools, in which the school system could partner with area universities to provide online and alternative courses for students, would be explored.

And, perhaps the biggest change, a charter revision would be pursued to create a new board of education — comprised of five individuals appointed by the mayor and four elected members.

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Southington superintendent issues mid-year report

January 19, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Among other things Erardi cited are the following:

n Continued support for Southington’s early childhood collaborative to work in partnership with school staff to enhance kindergarten readiness skills.

To facilitate the 2009-2010 pilot of Virtual Learning into offerings for homebound students within the secondary education schools.

To continue to lead and embrace school/community partnerships.

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School Choice Offers Opportunity for the Teaching Profession

January 17, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

As technology changes and evolves, the world of education and teaching will undoubtedly change. Teachers across the country must stay ahead of the curve.

Although some teachers and the unions see school choice as foreboding for the public school outlook, school choice encompasses empowerment for the parent to choose an environment that employs teachers in all arenas. A new era has been ushered in for education. Once limited to rigid traditional school terms and schedules, teachers are employed in traditional public schools, charters, private schools, religious schools, and online schools just to name a few. Educators will in turn have choices themselves when deciding when, where and how to teach kids.

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Best Online High Schools gets new design

December 21, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Best Online High Schools has now been updated with a new design and new features. This new version will continue to provide you with the best information available on the Internet about online high schools.

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Middletown Faculty and Students Make Case for Little Compton

December 17, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

In a nearly two-hour pitch session Tuesday night, Middletown made its case to educate Little Compton’s high school students again beginning in 2012, with school officials enthusiastically presenting slide after slide of glimpses into scholastic life at Middletown High School that covered everything from AP classes to virtual high school classes, from discipline statistics to NECAP scores, from the championship football team to the award-winning robotics teams, and more.

Middletown School officials also offered the Little Compton School Committee a non-voting seat on the Middletown School Committee to help ensure Little Compton has a greater voice in Middletown.

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