Motivated by American Federation of Teachers President Al Shanker, St. Paul, Minnesota, educators created a retooled, transformed school requiring all students to become responsible for their own learning. The result is a technology-rich, textbook-free environment that is also high-teach and high-touch and stresses close ties to business people…

Highlights from research on electronic learning indicate that computers can improve learning, motivate children, and increase socialization among children. Computer software will continue to be developed in ways that will help students learn. (MLF)