"Burrell pleased with cyber programs." Valley News-Dispatch [Tarentum, PA] 1 Oct. 2013. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.
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The Burrell School District is expressing success with its online course program, which is mainly a summer credit recovery program. In light of the success of the program they have expanded their topic areas, covering grades K-12. They currently have 9 kids enrolled full time in the cyber program, which saves everyone a considerable amount of money.
Considering up until now my research on online courses has really been mostly discussing higher education, this is good news. I am of the opinion that current "brick-and-mortar" school district models need to adapt to this new era of technology and quick. This is good news that explorations into different models can be successful.
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ReplyDeleteHayes writes for the Valley New Dispatch, a newspaper owned by Trib Total Media, the largest source of new in Western Pennsylvania. So that's good.