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ONLINE COURSES LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR RURAL HIGH SCHOOLS
Online courses level the playing field for rural high schools
When Chad Zoller of Princeton graduates from high school in June, he will have one more advanced placement class under his belt than his brother Justin had when he graduated in 2009.
Its not because Zoller is smarter or more dedicated to his studies than his older brother, who is now in college, but that he has opportunities few students anywhere had in the past.
Zoller is one of several Princeton High School students who share the same classroom and teacher at the exact same time as four or five other students taking a completely different advanced placement math subjects.
The two subjects calculus and trigonometry are online courses accessed through the computer.
Online courses are taking schools by storm, viewed as an important part of the future in education circles.
With advances incyber education combined with the proper funding and training for teachers, students in Colusa may soon be taking an AP French class along with students in Willows, and students in Arbuckle may soon take the same music theory or Latin courses as students in Or...[more]
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