Distance-Learning Network To Be Developed

Student authors in New York City could collaborate on a short story with their counterparts in San Francisco. Teachers in Chicago could swap ideas with their peers in Pittsburgh.

A consortium of big-city school districts and businesses were scheduled to announce this week plans to create a national distance-learning network that would make those educational experiences--and many more--possible for urban students.

The four school districts will cooperate on the multimillion-dollar telecommunications network with...

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