BRISTOL, Tenn. – Tennessee High School Assistant Principal Blair Henley admits that when he was first assigned to make Bristol’s school district a regional leader for online learning, the early results were humbling.

“It wasn’t smooth, instant success,” Henley said. “When we started, only 40 percent of the students who started [an online] course would actually finish it.”

Some three years later – with 97 percent of students completing their online classes and 71 students across Northeast Tennessee taking “eLearning” courses this summer alone – Henley sees a promising present and future.

“I think eLearning has become an area that’s set to explode here,” he said.

Henley was recently promoted to regional distance learning coordinator by the Bristol school district and the Niswonger Foundation, a Greeneville, Tenn.-based nonprofit organization that promotes education across Tennessee.

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