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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

 

Rural Ed Makes eSchool News

From the December 28, 2005 edition (i.e., Vol.3, No.52) of eSchool News Online...

Supe, 30, shatters rural stereotypes
By Laura Ascione, Assistant Editor, eSchool News

December 7, 2005—Thirty-year-old Bart Banfield, one of the youngest superintendents in the nation, was still in school when the internet exploded into the mainstream of American life. As a result, he can appreciate firsthand how today's technology tools are transforming teaching and learning. This firsthand experience has helped Banfield lead Oklahoma's Stidham Public Schools--a one-school district with just 135 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade--to the forefront of technology integration.

Banfield's district is quickly breaking stereotypes about rural schools and limited access to technology. Dubbed "Oklahoma's most progressive dependent school," Stidham aims to "provide a progressive learning environment that challenges and encourages students to recognize and maximize their unique learning potential in the 21st century," Banfield said.

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