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June 06, 2011
Virtual school operator Connections Education is partnering with alternative education provider Ombudsman Educational Services to help Detroit students who have dropped out of high school earn the credits they need to graduate. The two organizations will operate Fusion Academy of Michigan, with space for 300 students in grades 9-12 during 2011-2012.
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Connections Education
Connections Education News Release
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mastery-based learning
Grandmont-Rosedale
Connections Education
Steven Guttentag
Connections Learning
Connections Academy
Online Learning
credit recovery
Conner Creek
Virtual school
dropout recovery
Detroit
Tuition-free
Michigan Student Data System
Fusion Academy of Michigan
Mark Claypool
Blended Learning
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March 18, 2011
Nashville, Tenn. (March 18, 2011) – Mark Claypool, president and CEO of Educational Services of America (ESA), is a member of a panel discussing options for helping students graduate from high school at the first Building a Grad Nation Summit, March 21-23 in Washington, D.C.
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Ombudmsan Educational Services
Ombudsman Educational Services News Release
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Alternative Pathways
Alliance for Excellent Education
Grad Nation Summit
credit recovery
Alternative Program
dropout prevention
Civic Enterprises
Ombudsman
graduation rate
Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University
Mark Claypool
America’s Promise Alliance
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December 07, 2010
JMCSS partners with Ombudsman to create The Bridge Academy to help nontraditional learners graduate from high school. Prospective students and their families can learn more by coming to an Information Day anytime between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9, in the Jones Room at the Casey Jones Old Country Store and Restaurant located at 56 Casey Jones Lane in Jackson.. Ombudsman is approved by the Tennessee Department of Education as a “whole school reform model” provider, and JMCSS is accessing federal Race to the Top monies to fund the program.
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Ombudsman Educational Services
Ombudsman Educational Services News Release
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nontraditional learners
Doris Battle
Jackson Central Merry high school
credit recovery
Jackson-Madison
JMCSS
Jackson
Jackson-Madison County School System
Liberty High School
Information Day
Tennessee Department of Education
The Bridge Academy
Ombudsman
Tennessee
Race to the Top