Educational Technology

February 4, 2014

Online courses could help decrease school drop out rates

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

By Karen Edwards, WRDW

“We all know that kids need redemption. There’s always going to be that one or two classes that really are a sticking point for them,” said Stacey Mabray, Richmond County schools curriculum and instruction director. That’s why Richmond County began offering a summer blended program where students could make up courses that could have held them back a grade or prevented them from graduating. We ran a blended learning opportunity for students to actually engage the content on the computer with the support of a teacher,” Mabray explained. “We had 126 students who met the challenge and we’re really excited about that.” And Mabray says the results exceeded expectations.

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