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Who's Doing It?

Business facilitating family involvement in schools. IBM is working with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District (CMS) in North Carolina to help strengthen links between school and home. Through a special grant, a telecommunications network has been built within Charlotte's newest complex of four "break the mold" schools called the "Governor's Village." The network gives parents access to their children's teachers and schoolwork at night and on weekends, either from their home or by visiting community centers that are networked to their children's schools. Parents are able to receive information through the network about current classroom activities, homework assignments, and other ways to support children's learning, including a school calendar that provides additional information such as school events and lunch menus. Parents, teachers, students, and community mentors also can use the network's communication capabilities as the basis for collaboration, discussion, evaluation, and publication of student projects.

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