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Alternative online education program to assist Montana students. PLATO Learning System

October 15, 2008 /

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When a student falls behind the required curriculum, the outcome can be devastating. That’s why last week the board of trustees authorized a new online PLATO Learning System for the alternative education program aimed toward high school students.

“The purpose of the program will be for credit recovery, and also hopefully preventing drop outs,” said Sidney Superintendent of Schools Doug Sullivan. “There are students who have a difficult time functioning in the regular school environment for a variety of reasons, and it’s our hope that we’ll be able to help these students stay in school and get a diploma from Sidney High School.” According to its Web site, PLATO Learning provides a wide range of products to assist learning and teaching needs “from intervention and credit recovery to innovative and teacher-facilitated solutions for traditional classroom instruction to trend-forward distance learning options.”

By Louisa Barber
Sidney Herald

Full Story: http://sidneyherald.com/articles/2008/10/14/news/doc48f511ac69d52346500878.txt