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Slide 1: CYBERSCHOOLS Hustle & TECHknow Microsoft Office Class Every classroom is a computer lab www.upliftinc.org 1

Slide 2: Key Benefits • Practical office technology education 5 hour daily • Individualized Education for every student www.upliftinc.org 2

Slide 3: Additional Benefits • Enhanced communication skills • Accommodation of different learning styles www.upliftinc.org 3

Slide 4: Barriers to Entry • Lack of Computer Equipment • Students not accustomed to self-paced • Schools fight concept for less than “academically gifted’ Student www.upliftinc.org 4

Slide 5: Cyber Schools • Aimed at special population of dropouts • Equip schools with 1 computer per student and Specialized vocational education • Instructors to motivate students to keep pace www.upliftinc.org 5

Slide 6: Do these students look like Dropouts & Juvenile Delinquents? Hustle & TECHknow students at graduation and Awards luncheon June 2007 Compuware cafeteria www.upliftinc.org 6

Slide 7: Hustle & TECHknow Preparatory High School A Cyber School located at the Compuware Headquarters in Downtown Detroit serving high school dropouts and juvenile delinquents September 2006 – November 2007 www.upliftinc.org 7

Slide 8: Successes • Lexile reading scores moved 4.2 to 7.8 in 6 months • Completion of Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry • Graduation rate 80% June 2007 www.upliftinc.org 8

Slide 9: Successes • 2007 Automation Alley Educational Program of the Year • Three teams entered into Thinkquest website design • Three Qualifiers for the National Vocabulary championship • Qualification as CISCO Academy www.upliftinc.org 9

Slide 10: Help Create a Brighter Future Hustle & TECHknow Economics Class Amend legislation to allow and fund these type of schools to contract directly with Michigan Virtual High School www.upliftinc.org 10