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August 2011

Schools granted $2.5 million for simulations, gaming

by Melissa Bower

Fort Leavenworth, Kan. - Teachers and staff at Fort Leavenworth want to plug students into what their lives might be like in the future. With a $2.5 million grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity's Educational Partnership, Unified School District 207 is overhauling its classrooms to use student-directed learning and technology simulations similar to what their parents are using to learn in the Army. The grant, spread over three years, will support a new Cyber-TEAMS learning strategy - that is, Technology, English, Arts, Math and Science education.

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