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Tuesday, November 12, 2002
A Hero for Today - E-Wally! - Judy Shasek, TechLearning
In the fall of 1999 an Annenberg grant obtained by author / teacher Judy Shasek provided $267,000 per year for a three year period. The goal of the grant: to integrate technology into the curriculum, to increase reading and writing scores, and to engage families and the community in the learning process. The principals and staff of eight schools, serving a very challenged K-12 population, endorsed the grant. More than 60% of the students were on free or reduced lunch and students came from many countries (52, to be exact) and spoke dozens of languages and dialects. Student mobility was more than 50% each year. Over-crowded conditions made it very difficult for teachers to meet the varied and diverse needs of the students.
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