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Massachusetts
MetroLINC

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The Metro-LINC project, created by the Boston Public Schools in Massachusetts, will equip, staff, train, and support 104 elementary and middle schools to implement standards-based education using technology as a primary tool for teaching and learning. A rapid dissemination program, MetroLINC will create 12 technology demonstration community learning centers -- 9 in Boston and 3 in nearby Watertown. Teams from 92 schools will use the demonstration sites as a model and training source. MetroLINC schools have five key elements:

1. State-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure linking sites as a single learning system
2. Extended hour access through public libraries and community centers
3. Training and technical support to use technology as a tool for teaching and learning and assessing progress toward clearly defined academic achievement goals
4. College-school programs to merge full pre-service training with regular school operations
5. A curriculum Web site/relational data base to support standards-based education. The project expects to serve 33,826 predominantly inner-city students.

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Grantee:
Boston Public Schools Office of Instructional Technology

Project Director:

Phone: 617-635-8880
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Address:
55 New Dudley
Boston, MA 02120