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Could distance learning ever replace traditional classroom education? You don't have to wait for the next century to answer this; you have to wait only until the fall. Western Governors University, a completely virtual college based in both Salt Lake City, Utah, and Denver, will be offering its first courses. Started by Governors from 18 Western states and encompassing the state universities in those areas, W.G.U. will initially offer continuing-education courses and associate degrees, says Jeff Edwards, marketing director for the school. There will be a con- centration on information technology courses, although at press time the catalog...
...standards in the state without putting teachers down. Texas Governor George W. Bush, who is testing the presidential waters, is also going at the issue indirectly by condemning "this business of passing children through our schools who can't read." The subtext: this Governor can insert himself in the classroom but won't push teachers out of the way. New York Senator Alfonse D'Amato is the exception to the rule: while his campaign for re-election this November has embraced traditional Democratic causes as varied as the environment and health-care reform, he's nonetheless stuck to the Dole...
Steen said the multimedia features will not only improve computer game technology but may be of use in the classroom...
...Michael faced struggles in school. Family friends say Kip showed signs of intelligence but had trouble in the classroom. His parents put him on Ritalin for a time and, when he was later diagnosed with depression, Prozac. "He was a different kid," says family friend Berry Kessinger. "He was kind of hyper. He could actually be really obnoxious...
...Crank will do to the reservations what Custer couldn't," says Bonnie Pipe, clinical director of a tribal recovery center in the town of Lame Deer. When James Walksalong, chairman of the local school board, brought in a team of drug-sniffing dogs last year, kids climbed out of classroom windows, and by the end of the day the dogs had detected 30 instances of drug residue. On reservations throughout Montana and Wyoming, the drug has led to increased domestic abuse, a flurry of audacious daylight burglaries and overloaded medical facilities...