Textbooks dry up in Arizona H.S.A high school at Vail Vail (vāl), town (1990 pop. 3,569), Eagle co., W central Colo., on Gore Creek, in the Gore Range of the Rocky Mts.; founded as a ski resort 1962, inc. as a town 1966. Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. in Arizona is the state's first all wireless, all laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer public school this fall. Instead of textbooks, the 350 students will use electronic and online articles as part of the teacher lesson plans. The move is rare as cost, insecurity Insecurity Inseparability (See FRIENDSHIP.) Insolence (See ARROGANCE.) Hamlet introspective, vacillating Prince of Denmark. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet] Linus cartoon character who is lost without his security blanket. , ignorance and institutional constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. prevent schools from making the move from paper. www.vail.k12.az.us How it Works The all-laptop Empire High School opens this fall. * Students will receive a laptop to keep for the school year * At school, students tap into the campus' wireless network * At home, they complete homework on the computer * Parents assume responsibility for the machine or pay $54 for an insurance policy that replaces the laptop if it's stolen or broken * While some textbooks may be used, the vast majority of classwork and homework will be done electronically * Teachers set curriculum around the state standards and use academic online and electronic resources rather than teaching from a book. |
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