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Alabama city to try full day of school online
- 04-22-2011
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USA Today
An experiment in light waves using lasers. A lesson in how to travel in French speaking countries. A contest shouting “Stella!” in honor of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Those are the ingredients for a full day of school — online. Teachers at Mountain Brook schools are getting ready for the system’s first e-day, which will allow students to receive instruction and assignments over the Internet. Mountain Brook studied how to implement e-days for about six months, and the need to make up two school days because of January’s snowfall presented an opportunity. School officials consulted schools which have had e-days in Ohio, New Jersey and Kentucky. Saturday will be the first time a public school system in Alabama has attempted an e-day, said Mountain Brook Technology Coordinator Donna Williamson. (more...)
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