Newsletters

Project IDEAL Update

The Project IDEAL Update newsletter is published semi-annually. It contains updates on states' distance learning pilot projects and articles on a variety of topics in distance education for ABE, ASE, and ESOL learners. To download a copy of a newsletter, click on the blue link.

Project IDEAL Update, Fall 2006-Winter 2007 

  • Is Distance Teaching for You?
  • A Success Story in Ohio
  • Strategies to Increase Persistence and Achievement
  • Going to Scale
  • Distance Works for ESOL
  • GED Teachers Rate Curricula

Project IDEAL Update, Spring-Summer 2006            

  • AdultEd Online Launched
  • NRS Considers Distance Learners
  • How Important Is Seat Time?
  • Update from the States

Project IDEAL Update, Spring-Summer 2005

  • Finding Good Resources for Students:  14 Teachers Pilot Test New PD Course
  • State Directors Tackle Distance Policy
  • Massachusetts:  Keeping the Conversation Alive
  • Missouri:  Mentoring Distance Teachers
  • Who Is Distance Education Reaching?

Project IDEAL Update, Fall 2004

  • New Benchmarks for Seat Time
  • Updates from the States
  • Online Data Collection System
  • Study Groups Launched

Project IDEAL Update, Spring 2004

  • Implementing a Distance Learning Program:  Planning and Implementation Components that Lead to Success

Project IDEAL Update, Fall 2003 

  • It’s Working!
  • Update from the States

Project IDEAL Update, Spring 2003 

  • Data Collection Tools
  • Update from the States