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California teacher sees ‘lives change’ as a result of Stars Suite™

EL CENTRO, Calif. – If Web-based learning had a “biggest fan,” Donald Jeffers would be it. The online credit recovery teacher has seen lives change at Desert Oasis High School thanks to EdOptions™’ Stars Suite™.

Desert Oasis High is the last stop for many students who have fallen behind in their education due to behavior issues or challenges they’ve faced outside the normal school day. But according to Jeffers, this stop provides new opportunity.

Alachua County's online CROP helps cultivate learning, grow student success

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Alachua County Public Schools Curriculum Supervisor Charles Wise is in the business of saving students—his program does it several hundred times a year.

Since first creating the Credit Recovery Online Program, “CROP,” four years ago, Wise said students have recovered thousands of credits needed to graduate.

Stars Suite is “lifesaver” for award-winning Illinois program

STERLING, Ill.— A wall in the Whiteside County Regional Office of Education serves as an encouraging but bittersweet reminder to the staff of the Education Outreach Program.Beth Hubbard, program coordinator and case manager looks at the student pictures plastered across it and recalls their stories. There was Natalie*, a 20 year-old student who wanted to graduate but thought she was too far behind.

Illinois student becomes first-generation high school grad, thanks to Stars Suite

ROCK FALLS, Ill. – Krystal Hedstrom never intended on dropping out of high school at age 17. The self-proclaimed “teacher’s pet” always finished her work on time and dreamed of going to college to become a preschool teacher.

But a severe case of pneumonia complicated her plans by keeping her out of the classroom. In and out of school for months, eventually the teen gave up, feeling like she’d never catch up.

Novel offers a better option to credit-deficient students at Minnesota school

EAGAN, Minn. – Failing a class at Eagan High School doesn’t mean a student has to sit through another year of freshman English or Math to make up credit. Nor does it mean that too many failed classes will send them straight to the alternative education program.

Students have a new innovative option: Eagan Academy, a six-week-long after school credit recovery program that uses Novel™ by EdOptions™.

EdOptions’ Novel curriculum bolsters Kentucky student success

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — When Lighthouse Academy opened its doors to at-risk students in 2001, administrators hoped that providing students with more personal attention would increase academic performance. However, in the first year, educators noticed few changes in student achievement. Average daily attendance held steady at about 64 percent and only six students graduated.

But, all of that changed.

Novel motivates California teen to graduate and give back

EL CENTRO, Calif. – Dropping out of high school seemed to be Jose Hernandez’s only choice when he was released from a juvenile detention facility a few months ago. In and out of such facilities for years, the 17-year-old thought he had fallen too far behind to graduate.

Novel helps California principal cut discipline problems, grow success

EL CENTRO, Calif. – Danette Morrell knew she needed a different way to engage students in the learning process at Desert Oasis High School. The alternative high school, which typically serves students who have fallen behind in their credits due to behavior issues and other circumstances, wanted to offer students more options to recover credit quickly.

“Our children need a variety of formats from which to learn and many students thrive in the technology-based programs,” said Morrell, former principal of the school.

StarsSuite prevents "domino effect" at Southern Arizona High School

WILLCOX, Ariz. – Willcox High School (WHS) administrators partnered with EdOptions to provide Web-based courses to alternative education students. What they got was a versatile suite of learning solutions and a string of academic successes.