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• 1. CYBERSCHOOLS Every classroom is a computer lab Hustle & TECHknow Microsoft Office Class

2. Key Benefits

• Practical office technology education 5 hour daily

• Individualized Education for every student

3. Additional Benefits

• Enhanced communication skills

• Accommodation of different learning styles

4. Barriers to Entry

• Lack of Computer Equipment

• Students not accustomed to self-paced

• Schools fight concept for less than academically gifted Student

5. Cyber Schools

• Aimed at special population of dropouts

• Equip schools with1 computer per student and Specialized vocational education

• Instructors to motivate students to keep pace

6. Do these students look like Dropouts & Juvenile Delinquents? Hustle & TECHknow students at graduation and Awards luncheon June 2007 Compuware cafeteria 7. Hustle & TECHknow Preparatory High School A Cyber School located at the Compuware Headquarters in Downtown Detroit serving high school dropouts and juvenile delinquents September 2006 November 2007 8. Successes

• Lexile reading scoresmoved 4.2 to7.8 in 6 months

• Completion of Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry

• Graduation rate80%June 2007

9. Successes

• 2007 Automation Alley Educational Program of the Year

• Three teams entered into Thinkquest website design

• Three Qualifiers for the National Vocabulary championship

• Qualification as CISCO Academy

10. HelpCreate a Brighter Future

• Amend legislationto allow and fund these type of schools to contract directly with Michigan Virtual High School

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