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Online learning to drive charter schools’ innovation and expansion
- 06-24-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Netflix CEO and charter school benefactor Reed Hastings attracted attention two months ago when he bought the education software company DreamBox Learning for $10 million. Losing interest in charters and moving on to a new challenge? Hastings said he was asked. To the contrary, Hastings said this week, technology and charter schools will reinforce each other. Savings from the use of new technology will fuel the expansion of charter schools, and their growth will force hidebound school districts in turn to adapt innovative technologies that will improve learning. (more...)
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