PRELStar
PRELStar, a Star Schools grant, operated for 9 years, from 1997 to 2006, working with American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, Hawai’i, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau.
PRELStar's Three Main Objectives
- Improve students’ learning by increasing their access to high-quality academic instruction through distance learning programming.
- Build the technology, content area, and pedagogical capacity of local educators and other staff through professional development and technical support.
- Develop, integrate, and expand the regional telecommunications and technology infrastructure to support the delivery of distance learning.
Program Summary
Through this project, over 500,000 students were served through dissemination activities, student courses, and professional development for teachers. Because PRELStar worked with partners such as the Hawai’i Department of Education’s (HIDOE’s) Teleschool branch, Pan-Pacific Education and Communication Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT), E-Rate, other Star Schools projects, and cable television companies in all the entities to build capacity, the majority of the program’s work will continue to serve teachers and students for years to come.
Star Schools
With funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Star Schools Program, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) held two Star Schools grants. Star Schools programs were grants awarded to telecommunications partnerships among local school districts, state departments of education, public broadcasting entities, and other public and private organizations to support distance education projects.
Previous Star Schools grants:
Current Star Schools grant:
Contact PREL
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Phone:
(808) 441-1300
U.S. Toll-free Phone:
(800) 377-4773
AskPREL
Phone:
(808) 441-1300
U.S. Toll-free Phone:
(800) 377-4773
AskPREL