SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In the early days of the Internet, there was something of a stigma attached to online schools like Almeda University.

Alabama Department of Education to deploy CareerForward curriculum statewide to help students better compete in the 21st century global economy. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With financial support and assistance from Microsoft Corp., the Alabama Department of Education announced plans to roll out CareerForward(TM), a powerful online course covering globalization, career planning, financial literacy and entrepreneurship, statewide by the 2009-2010 school year to make sure students are college- and career-ready, and able to compete in the 21st century global economy. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) Alabama is the second state in the nation -- after Michigan -- to require students to have an online learning experience before they graduate from high school.

Online instructor Lorri MacDonald excels in the virtual classroom LANSING, Mich., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This fall Lorri MacDonald has 40 high school students in her two Introduction to Forensic Science classes. She teaches another 17 in Advanced Forensic Science.

SEATTLE, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With financial support and assistance from Microsoft Corp.'s U.S.

To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Dan Keedy of Michigan Virtual University, +1-517-664- 5460, dkeedy@mivu.org MVU and Michigan Mathematics and Science Centers Network team up LANSING, Mich., March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The W.K.