ERIC Number: EJ736608
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-May
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Laptops + Challenging Curriculum = Student Success
Andrews, Geoffrey
Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, v81 n5 p42-44 May 2006
Modern day education reform, impacted by the No Child Left Behind Act, is dominated by accountability and results. At Polaris Career Center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, student results are front and center. Students participating in a laptop and online curriculum initiative have documented astonishing achievement gains. Prior to the 2004 school year, the decision was made to target precision machining technology (PMT)--an under-enrolled career technical program--by engaging the students with wireless laptop technology and robust online content. The result: in one year, students using this technology mastered more than 85 percent of the two-year state-recommended curriculum. All of the secondary related indicators also trend very positively. Based on this success, the laptop and virtual curriculum initiative has now expanded to include five other Polaris career-technical programs.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computers, Telecommunications, Courseware, Career Centers, Instructional Effectiveness, Virtual Classrooms, Technical Education
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Headquarters, 1410 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 703-683-3111.
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Language: English
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