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CHALLENGE GRANTS FOR TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION RECOMMENDED FOR 5 YEAR AWARDS

        LOCATION                 ENTITY
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        San Diego, CA            San Diego Unified School District
        Redwood City, CA         San Mateo County Office of Education
        Dover, DE                Capital School District
        Waukegan, IL             Waukegan C U School District
        Anderson, IN             Anderson Community School Corp
        Indianapolis, IN         Indianapolis Public Schools
        Natchitoches, LA         Natchitoches Parish School Board
        Baltimore, MD            Baltimore City Public Schools
        White Cloud, MI          Newaygo County Intermediate School District
        Omaha, NE                Westside Community Schools
        Manchester, NH           Manchester School District
        Laguna, NM               Pueblo of Laguna Department of Education
        Cuyahoga Falls, OH       Summit County Educational Service Center
        Philadelphia, PA         School District of Philadelphia
        Towanda, PA              Towanda Area School District
        Sturgis, SD              Black Hills Special Services Cooperative
        El Paso, TX              Socorro Independent School District
        Price, UT                Southeast Education Service Center
        Montpelier, VT           Montpelier School System
        

We expect that the 5-year awards will range between $2.5 and $9.5 million.

CHALLENGE GRANTS FOR TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION FY95 AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS

San Diego, CA

Triton Project

The "Triton Project" will improve student performance in mathematics and science, using a combination of technologies in an active learning curriculum with an ocean exploration theme. San Diego public schools will be networked with each other and with several area museums, research centers, and Aquariums. Partners include: Sea World; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Pacific Bell; San Diego State University; San Diego Supercomputer Center at U. C. San Diego; the Naval Command Control & Ocean Surveillance Center; and San Diego Data Processing Corporation.

Project Director:  Richard Fabian
        San Diego Unified School District       
        4100 Normal Street
        San Diego, CA 92103
Tel:    (619) 225-3416
Fax:    (619) 225-0393

Redwood City, CA Silicon Valley Challenge 2000: Improving Learning and Strengthening Communities with New Technologies

Working through a consortium known as Smart Valley Inc., the Silicon Valley community is transforming its education system into learning communities that prepare students for the 21st century. Reform plans developed by teams of high schools with their feeder elementary and middle schools will receive infrastructure support from Silicon Valley's high-tech corporations. The Challenge Grant will support curriculum development and teacher training to meet the objectives of Goals 2000. Seventeen corporations have each pledged up to $1 million in resources over three years in support of school reform. They include: Adobe Systems; Apple Computer; Applied Materials; Cirrus Logic; Hewlett-Packard; Robert Noyce Foundation; Silicon Graphics; Wells Fargo Bank; Bank of America; Intel; Logitech; NetManage; Network General; Symantec; Pacific Bell; Sun Microsystems, the 21st Century Education Initiative; and the Bay Area Multimedia Technology Alliance. Other partners include: SRI International, the Institute for Research on Learning, and Customers and Technologies.

Project Director:  Joe Becerra
       San Mateo County Office of 
         Education
       101 Twin Dolphin Drive
       Redwood City, CA 94065
Tel:   (415) 802-5444
Fax:   (415) 802-5665

Dover, DE Capital School District/State of Delaware Interactive Educational Television Consortium

Telecommunications will connect families and schools, extending the time and place for learning and improving communication between parents and teachers. Content is focused on reading and arithmetic in early elementary grades. Activities are explicitly focused around Goals 2000. Cost-effective video based on set-top TV boxes will link the home and school. Partners include Lightspan Partnership; Bell Atlantic; and Delaware State Education Dept. -- an initiative to connect every home and school in the state within five years.

Project Director:  William McGlumphy
       Capital School District
       945 Forest Street
       Dover, DE 19904
Tel:   (302) 672-1521
Fax:   (302) 672-1714

Waukegan, IL Technology and Learning Collaborative

The "Technology and Learning Collaborative" will provide a comprehensive program of staff development, technology/curriculum integration and parent and community involvement to increase student performance in mathematics and science in the Waukegan School District. Engaged learning through project-based, collaborative teaching, high performance learning technologies, and extended day programs will be used to improve the workplace readiness of students. Partners include: Abbott Laboratories; Apple Computer; Legat Architects; U.S. Cable; Waukegan Public Library; YMCA; North Central Regional Education Laboratory; Northern IL Assistive Technology Consortium; four colleges; and the Illinois State Department of Education, among others.

Project Director:  Elaine Armani
       Waukegan Community Unit School 
         District 60
       1201 N. Sheridan Road
       Waukegan, IL 60085
Tel:   (708) 360-5440
Fax:   (708) 360-5628

Anderson, IN Anderson Community Technology Project

General Motors, the largest industry in Anderson, recently announced it will have no unskilled jobs at its Anderson facilities by the year 2000. In a community where education has not been highly valued in the past there is now a strong demand for all children to meet high academic standards -- leaving school with strong language skills, mathematics competency, mastery of new technologies, and collaborative work skills. The project will expand on the "Buddy" project to link homes and schools with computers and modems so that parents, teachers and students can work together on improving education. Teachers will receive support as they develop new curriculum and instructional strategies. Partners include: Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce; Anderson Federation of Teachers; National City Bank; TCI of Central Indiana; the Corporation for Educational Technology; Public TV; three local institutions of higher education, and the Indiana Department of Education.

Project Director:  Terri Austin
       Anderson Community School Corp
       30 West 11th Street
       Anderson, IN 46016
Tel:   (317) 641-2151
Fax:   (317) 641-2081

Indianapolis, IN A Learning Cooperative: Connecting and Supporting Systemic Mathematics, Science and Technology Initiatives Via Telecommunications

"The Learning Cooperative", consisting of Indianapolis Public Schools, the Chicago Public Schools, Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, the North Central Regional Education Laboratory, and Ameritech will develop an affordable, scalable, and equitably distributed telecommunications infrastructure to deliver instructionally sound curriculum and technical support to schools, as well as effective professional development to all teachers in these schools.

Project Director:  John Kern
       Indianapolis Public Schools
       801 N. Carrolton Ave.
       Indianapolis, IN 46202
Tel:   (317) 226-4122
Fax:   (317) 226-3130

The Louisiana Systemic Initiatives program, in conjunction with the Louisiana Department of Education and Northeast Louisiana University will integrate Internet resources with curriculum reform to help meet National Education Goals in the school districts of five communities with high percentages of underserved students. Telecommunications will be used to increase achievement in: school readiness; professional development; parent involvement; school-to-work transitions; and life-long learning. Partners include: Bell South; Shell Oil; five universities; the Governor's Goals 2000 office; and 17 other community based organizations, libraries, museums, and agencies across the state.

Project Director:  Kerry Davidson
       Natchitoches Parish School 
         Board
       P.O. Box 16
       Natchitoches, LA 71458
Tel:   (504) 922-0690
Fax:   (504) 922-0688

New technologies will strengthen the school-to-work transition in an Enterprise Zone / Empowerment Community. Electronic networks will link high school students with employers in real work experiences. State-of-the-art technology will give students access to digital video on demand for science and mathematics projects from the Discovery Channel. Partners include U. Md, College Park; Johns Hopkins U; Discovery Communications, Inc.; Apple Computer; Bell Atlantic; MD Public TV; American Training Standards Inst.; Learning Matters, Inc.; MD Business Round Table; Magic Me; two MD teachers associations; and ten other organizations. The U.S. Department of Education will partner with the U.S. Department of Labor on this Project.

Project Director:  Michael Pitroff
       Baltimore City Public Schools
       200 E. North Ave.
       Baltimore, MD 21202
Tel:   (410) 396-7607
Fax:   (410) 342-6750

Newaygo County School District, the County Government, the Gerber Memorial Hospital, the Newaygo County Multi-Agency Consortium, the Public Libraries and five other school districts will form a network to improve educational opportunities and social services in this extremely rural, low income community. Local area networks in every school building will provide workstations and training for every teacher. A fiber optic network will link the schools, libraries, and over forty community service providers in a "no wrong door" approach to services. The Fremont Area Foundation will fund construction of the fiber optic network, and the Gerber Companies Foundation will provide significant project support.

Project Director:  Larry Ivens
       Newaygo County Intermediate 
         School District
       1035 James Street
       PO Box 844
       White Cloud, MI 49349
Tel:   (616) 924-0380
Fax:   (616) 924-6311

Westside Community Schools and Prairie Visions: The Nebraska Consortium for Discipline-Based Arts Education will use telecommunications and digital technology to link urban and rural schools to the art collections of five major museums across the country. Activities include: an Electronic Art Museum in the Classroom, computer based instruction, curriculum design, and professional development. The project will begin with five Nebraska school districts and extend to schools across the U.S. Partners include: The Smithsonian National Museum of American Art; Joslyn Art Museum; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery; The Getty Museum; The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Pacific Imaging Center, Inc.; M Power, Inc.; Digital Visions, Inc.; Apple Computer; Far West Laboratory; Prairie Visions (a consortium of 100 school districts, three museums, the Nebraska Art Teachers Association and others); five school districts; and nine other art education institutes and teacher organizations.

Project Director:  Sheila Brown
       Westside Community Schools
       909 South 76th
       Omaha, NE 68114
Tel:   (402) 471-4337
Fax:   (402) 471-0117

Manchester is an active Goals 2000 community. To achieve high standards in core academic subjects it will create a multi-mode instructional technology network for audio, video, and data communications among nine school districts serving 25% of the state's population. It will involve all schools, community resource centers, libraries and colleges in professional development, curriculum development, and administrative applications. Outreach will create improved lifelong learning opportunities for all community members. Over forty partners will participate in this program, including: Cabletron; Continental Cablevision; Cyber-Space; NH Public TV; Multimedia Systems, Inc; several Parent Teacher Organizations; eleven school districts and colleges; and the State Department of Education.

Project Director:  Terry Bullard
       Manchester School District
       196 Bridge Street
       Manchester, NH 03104
Tel:   (603) 624-6300
Fax:   (603) 624-6337

Integrates new technologies with curriculum reform in Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools. Using Indian children's real life experiences, and building on the content of Native American cultures, the "Four Directions" project is an indigenous education model that will help students in BIA schools meet high academic standards. Telecommunications will link BIA schools across the country with a variety of university, museum, library, and Internet resources. BIA schools include: Ahfachkee Day School (FL); Indian Island School (ME); Quileute Tribal School (WA); Takini School (SD); Dilcon Boarding School (AZ); Laguna School (NM); Hannahville Indian School (MI); and Fond du Lac Ojibwe School (MN). Other partners include: the Heard Museum of Native Culture and Art; the University of Kansas; Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute, Intel Corp.; and Sandia National Laboratories.

Project Director:  Gilbert Sanchez
       Pueblo of Laguna
       Department of Education
       P.O. Box 207
       Laguna, NM 87026
Tel:   (505) 552-6008
Fax:   (505) 552-6398

In consultation with the Center for Leadership in School Reform, the Summit County Office of Education and the Technology Academy will support teachers who are creating "new work" partnerships with their students -- work that meets the high academic standards embodied in Goals 2000, work that engages children, work in which children persist, and work that results in real accomplishments . The effort includes a technology work experience in which high school and college students operate a nonprofit company dedicated to rapid response support for classroom applications of technology. Partners include: Ameritech; LOGAL; the Akron Regional Development Board; the U. of Akron; Ashland U.; and Kent State U.; among others.

Project Director:  Steve Snyder
       Summit County Educational 
         Service Center
       420 Washington Ave., 
         Suite #200
       Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
Tel:   (216) 945-5600
Fax:   (216) 945-6222

New technologies will support a comprehensive school reform strategy in a large urban school district (Enterprise Zone / Empowerment Community). Learning Communities consisting of high schools linked with clusters of elementary schools, middle schools and a college are forming "Virtual Schools", which support professional development for teachers and extended time and place for student learning. Partners include: Bell Atlantic; Unisys; IBM; Public TV; five colleges & universities; and the Private Industry Council.

Project Director:  Ethel Goldberg
       School District of 
         Philadelphia
       21st St. south of the Parkway
       Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel:   (215) 299-7842
Fax:   (215) 299-7417

An interactive network based on compressed video will connect 23 small rural school districts in three states (rural PA, NY, & NJ). The project will grow to establish one of the largest (geographically) interactive learning networks in the country. School districts will share teaching personnel, curriculum resources, and teacher training. Schools will be linked to technical centers, museums, and colleges to extend the resources available to students beyond the confines of classroom walls. Partners include: Commonwealth Telephone Co.; Claverack Rural Electric; PA Rural Electric Assoc; Picturetel Inc.; N.E. PA Tech-Prep Consortium, International Paper Co.; and seven colleges , among others.

Project Director:  Daniel Paul
       Towanda Area School District
       101 N. Fourth Street
       Towanda, PA 18848
Tel:   (717) 265-9894
Fax:   (717) 265-4881

The "Technology in Education Challenge Grant for Rural Education" (TEC-RAM), will integrate technology with curriculum in six community based systemic reform efforts across the state. This state-wide effort uses technology to achieve objectives of the recently passed: Improving America's Schools Act; Goals 2000 - Educate America Act; and School- To-Work opportunities Act. Partners include: Black Hills Special Services Cooperative; South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs; South Dakota Department of Labor; Black Hills and South Dakota State Universities; Spring Creek Video Productions, Inc.; and six local school districts.

Project Director:  Jim Parry
       Black Hills Special Services
         Cooperative
       Box 218
Sturgis, SD 57787
Tel:   (605) 394-1876
Fax:   (605) 394-5315

A "Community of 21st Century Learners" will be created among 15 partner schools belonging to a city wide collaborative for academic excellence. New technologies will be used to network the schools and the local university for professional development and the integration of technology with curriculum reform. Computers will be made available to low income parents through parent centers and libraries staffed with educators who will train parents in the use of educational software with their children. Partners include: University of Texas at El Paso; El Paso Community College; three school districts; El Paso Chamber of Commerce; El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Region XIX Education Service Center; El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence; and others.

Project Director:  Ben DeBellis
       Socorro Independent School District
       12,300 Eastlake Drive
       El Paso, TX 79927
Tel:   (915) 860-3438
Fax:   (915) 858-1520

The State of Utah Resource Web (SURWEB) will use telecommunications to provide quality educational opportunities in low income, rural, and culturally disenfranchised communities. Internet resources will be integrated with curriculum reform in several thematic areas, including: Native American Cultures, Western History, geology and paleontology. State Park and National Monument resources will be used to engage students in active learning projects. Partners include: Capitol Reef National Monument; Dinosaur National Monument; Far West Laboratory; Novell; Utah Office of Museum Services; U.S. West Communications; Utah State Parks; Utah State Office of Education; several Indian Councils, and others.

Project Director: F. Lynn Bills
       Southeast Education Service 
         Center
       65 East 400 North
       Price, UT 84501
Tel:   (801) 637-1173
Fax:   (801) 637-1178

Montpelier, VT The WEB Project: Creating a WEB of Evidence of Student Performance

Multimedia telecommunications will expand portfolio and performance based assessment of student achievement in the arts. Based on the Vermont Common Core Framework for Curriculum and Assessment, this technology creates a "WEB" of evidence of student performance in multiple learning domains represented by: sound, graphics, movement, data, and text. Partners include three VT school districts; VT Arts Assessment Project; VT Alliance for Arts Education; VT Center for Geographic Information; VT Institute Of Science, Math and Technology; and VT Department of Education.

Project Director:  David Gibson
       Montpelier School District
       58 Barre St.
       Montpelier, VT 05602
Tel:   (802) 223-6366
Fax:   (802) 223-9227

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