Board Bus, Plug In, Earn Some Credits

Students in a rural Arkansas district have found a way to put their long bus rides to good use: work on math and science enrichment.

The Aspirnaut Initiative , a program based at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, has begun furnishing students in the 4,300 student Sheridan, Ark., district with laptops and iPods to use for extra instruction in math and science. The state legislature has expressed interest...

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