Houston Chronicle: Web-based pilot program
Houston Chronicle: Web-based pilot program shows promiseClasses offer flexibility for today's busy youngsters, proponents say, and help alleviate the teacher shortage. They also bring more advanced classes to underserved students in rural areas... Other educators point to the content... "You're not sitting there watching a talking head. I previewed some of the courses, and one of them was studying Kosovo and the Bosnian war. There were people explaining that this war really isn't about material things and border lines, but a war of religion. There was some lady from Kosovo who was actually talking from there. Now, when did a textbook or course come alive like that?"
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