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- Few counties can afford to hire full-time teachers at every school for every subject, and it is especially challenging in a region dependent on the declining steel industry. That is what Beaver County in Pennsylvania faced when trying to deliver consistent education across the 15 school districts serving 24,000 students. The Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit (BVIU) is the regional service agency charged with that challenge. Thus was born the Regional Choice Initiative.More
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- Connections Academy and the American Public University System have announced a partnership that will offer high school students who attend National Connections Academy, an online K-12 private school, the chance to earn college degrees as they work toward their high school diplomas.More
- The Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES) is expanding its efforts to connect students across cultures, is expanding its efforts into more countries in Africa and bringing collaborative technologies to bear in order to help exchange students communicate before, during, and after their programs.More
- Discovery Education is upgrading its digital services for educators and students. The company this week announced expanded offerings across its Science, Health, and MediaShare services, as well as Discovery Education streaming.More
- Pearson has released a new and expanded version of NovaNET, the company's online courseware system for middle school and high school.More
- WebStudy will provide in-class and online learning management tools for MiCTA, a Saginaw, MI-based non-profit technology consortium that counts K-12 school districts among its constituency. More
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