TITLE

Online curriculum providers sign $1.2M contract with

PUB. DATE

September 1997

SOURCE

Electronic Education Report;09/24/97, Vol. 4 Issue 18, p2

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports the signing of a contract of five online curriculum providers with the Illinois Board of Education to provide the state's K-8 schools with Internet learning services. Publishers that have signed the contracts; Features of Scholastic Network's online program; Other companies that was not able to make a deal.

ACCESSION #

177559

 

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