Getting a leg up academically (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
If Rob Lohr honors his oral commitment to play football at Vanderbilt, he will be on an even playing field with most incoming freshman recruits when he shows up on the Nashville campus next summer. Academically, Lohr, 17, could be many yards ahead. The standout tight end and defensive end at Phoenixville is enrolled in the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, a public school program offering ......more...Internet link in Finland school killings (UPI)
Police believe a teenager in Finland who killed eight classmates had contact over the Internet with a youth planning a similar event in the United States....more... Cyber Charter Schools in Pennsylvania (The Morning Call)
21st Century Cyber Charter School, Downingtown...more... Teens guided by the stars (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Janine James, 16, hoped her new mentor could help nurture her dream of becoming an award-winning actress in musicals - even though she had never been in a play. Five days after being paired with Penelope Reed, the producing artistic director at the historic Hedgerow Theatre in Rose Valley, James was onstage, rehearsing A Christmas Carol....more... Hooking Up While Hispanic (La Prensa San Diego)
My wife and I were watching one of those dating shows and she commented that it must be hard for college educated, middle class Latinos to make a real love connection....more... School district considers online curriculum (Observer-Reporter)
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Leif Erikson, named after the outlaw Viking, consists of four Pitt students. Although its only has one recorded song, it's a brilliant one....more... Logging on to learning (The Morning Call)
After a slow start, cyber schools are now clicking Sitting on the floor on a mild October Tuesday, 2-year-old Aileigh Mulligan happily sorts through the pieces of a ''Cooties'' game. Nearby, her 8-year-old brother, Liam, sits at a computer, hard at work on his fifth-grade math....more... Executive director surprises board with retirement plans (Times News)
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