Ruin Gives Way to Renewal in Joplin

Autor/in	Samuels, Christina A.
Titel	Ruin Gives Way to Renewal in Joplin
Quelle	In: Education Week, 31 (2012) 31, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Natural Disasters; School Districts; Educational Facilities Design; Technology Integration; Laptop Computers; High Schools; Architecture; Career Academies; Missouri + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; School district; Schulbezirk; Laptop computer; Laptop; Computer; Digitalrechner; High school; Oberschule; Architektur; Berufsakademie
Abstract	Just days before a massive tornado devastated their community last May, a group of Joplin, Mo., educators and other community members had a meeting about "21st-century learning." Then May 22 arrived, bringing the catastrophic storm that ripped through the community of 50,000 in the southwest corner of the state. The tornado killed 161 people and destroyed six schools, including the city's sole high school. Three other schools and the district administration building were damaged. One year later, Joplin is preparing to break ground next week--on the anniversary of the tornado--for new facilities that match the school district's ambitions for the education it wants to provide its 7,800 students. The school architecture is just one of the major changes that came to the school district after the tornado hit. Last August, as the first school year after the storm got under way, the district distributed laptops to all of its high school students. The transition was embraced by some staff members and was rocky for others. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10