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Saturday, April 09, 2005
Online learning goal is to increase student opportunity - Beth Bily, Grand Rapids Herald-Review
A mid-March grant by the Blandin Foundation of $525,000 will kick start online learning for the four Itasca County School districts, as well as other partners, Remer, Hill City, South Koochiching, and Floodwood. What exactly will online learning do? According to Deer River School District Superintendent Mark Adams, it will provide opportunities for advanced learning, catch-up opportunity for those who need extra help and allow the participating school districts to retain students in an era when not only declining enrollment poses threats to funding, but technological offerings elsewhere do as well. According to Blandin Foundation Grant Director Wade Fauth, the online learning project is both an economic as well as an educational opportunity. "Rural school districts are suffering. A number of districts have had a hard time getting enough students together for specialized classes," he said. "Basic education is an important consideration for the local community as we go forward in the future."
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