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12-28-2004, 11:57 AM
How Do I Educate Thee? Let Me Count the Ways ...
Written By: George A. Clowes
Published In: School Reform News
Publication Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
<HR>Laptop Learning: St. Joseph High School Goes Wireless
On September 17, 2004, St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois launched itself into a new all-laptop learning environment with a virtual "ribbon-cutting" ceremony that sent the first official email from the school's computer system to U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige. St. Joseph is the first high school in the Chicagoland area to become an all-laptop campus, with all faculty and students using IBM ThinkPad computers in class and in co-curricular activities.
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Medical Magnet High School Opens in Los Angeles
Just a month after its construction was completed, the Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School (OHMMHS) opened its doors on September 9, 2004, welcoming students to a 32-classroom facility with a capacity of 762 students. OHMMHS is one of eight new schools that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) opened on the first day of school last year.
LAUSD developed the new magnet school in partnership with Orthopaedic Hospital for two purposes: To reduce overcrowding at nearby Jefferson High School, and to prepare students for careers in the medicine and health care fields, where currently there are shortages of physicians, nursing staff, and other professionals.
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Faith First Awards 80 Tuition Scholarships in Philadelphia
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At Valley New School, Students Make Their Own Individual Education Plans
The Rest of the Article Here:
The Heartland Institute - How Do I Educate Thee? Let Me Count the Ways ... - by George A. Clowes (http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=16165)
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FINALLY, educational choice! There are MORE academic opportunities just waiting around the corner for someone to begin . . . we should be encouraging educational enterprise, not de-funding it (a la finding vouchers unconstitutional).
Written By: George A. Clowes
Published In: School Reform News
Publication Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
<HR>Laptop Learning: St. Joseph High School Goes Wireless
On September 17, 2004, St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois launched itself into a new all-laptop learning environment with a virtual "ribbon-cutting" ceremony that sent the first official email from the school's computer system to U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige. St. Joseph is the first high school in the Chicagoland area to become an all-laptop campus, with all faculty and students using IBM ThinkPad computers in class and in co-curricular activities.
[ SNIP, SNIP ]
Medical Magnet High School Opens in Los Angeles
Just a month after its construction was completed, the Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School (OHMMHS) opened its doors on September 9, 2004, welcoming students to a 32-classroom facility with a capacity of 762 students. OHMMHS is one of eight new schools that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) opened on the first day of school last year.
LAUSD developed the new magnet school in partnership with Orthopaedic Hospital for two purposes: To reduce overcrowding at nearby Jefferson High School, and to prepare students for careers in the medicine and health care fields, where currently there are shortages of physicians, nursing staff, and other professionals.
[ SNIP, SNIP ]
Faith First Awards 80 Tuition Scholarships in Philadelphia
[ SNIP, SNIP ]
At Valley New School, Students Make Their Own Individual Education Plans
The Rest of the Article Here:
The Heartland Institute - How Do I Educate Thee? Let Me Count the Ways ... - by George A. Clowes (http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=16165)
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FINALLY, educational choice! There are MORE academic opportunities just waiting around the corner for someone to begin . . . we should be encouraging educational enterprise, not de-funding it (a la finding vouchers unconstitutional).