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Beamed-in teachers keep schools open by JULIA MCCORD, World-Herald Staff Writer

NORFOLK, Neb. - High school chemistry teacher Bill Harmon rivals those smooth TV-anchor types. His sky-blue dress shirt is impeccably pressed. He has a great smile, and he's quick on his feet. During a chemistry class recently at Park Avenue Christian School on the west edge of Norfolk, he joked and chatted with students for a few minutes before opening class with a prayer. Then it was quiz time. Seems like a normal classroom - except for the fact that the students are staring at a screen. The Park Avenue students were among 350 in Harmon's classroom that day. A classroom beamed in Harmon from hundreds of miles away in a television studio at Bob Jones University in Greenville, N.C. Live interactive television instruction isn't new. Nebraska has been a national leader in this area for years. But live interactive instruction via satellite is still comparatively rare because of the cost....

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