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Article: Interagency Academy in Seattle Gives 'A+' to Advanced Academics E-Learning Model for At-Risk Students; Increase in Course Completion Rate and Attendance Part of Case Study Presented At the 2003 National Education Computing Conference in Seattle.
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- July 2, 2003
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SEATTLE, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- NECC Show, Booth #207 -- When Debbie Thiessen and her peers with the Seattle School District's Interagency Academy were searching for an online education service provider, the choices seemed limited and unchallenging for their non-traditional students. Until, she says, the review committee came across Advanced Academics, which offered a demanding accredited online curriculum with instructors who were available via email, chat rooms and phone calls around the clock, seven days a week.
"Our goal was to find a program that could excite and motivate our students to stay in school," says Thiessen. "Advanced Academics was the only ...