CART Celebrates Grand Opening with Gore and Bush Endorsements, $1 Million Distance Learning Deal in China.Business/News Editors & Political/Education Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and on Business Wire's Web site at www.businesswire.com CLOVIS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2000 Center for Advanced Research & Technology Launches Innovative Program, Gives Students Real-World Business Experience to Prepare Them for High-Tech Jobs The Center for Advanced Research and Technology Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. The image above is a candidate for speedy deletion. It will be deleted on 2007-02-01. The Center for Advanced Research and Technology, more commonly referred to as CART (CART), one of the nation's most aggressive and innovative secondary school reform programs, celebrated its grand opening last Friday with news that has educators buzzing. At a ceremony at CART's Clovis, Calif., facility, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Pat Wright announced that CART has been endorsed by both major Presidential Candidates, Vice President Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore and Gov. George W. Bush, as a significant new educational model that has national implications. But the story doesn't end there. As reported in the Fresno Bee, CART officials also revealed that they have signed a $1 million contract with General Home Networks of San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. to design and build a broadband Internet See broadband. education program for students in China. CART has received significant attention in recent months as a breakthrough in high school education reform for the 21st century. Its $34 million facility houses the latest in computers, software, telecommunications and laboratory equipment where 1,200 high school students daily prepare for the high-tech jobs of the Information Age. Unlike other programs that use technology only to assist students' normal studies, CART's program combines traditional academic instruction with business project-based learning Project-based learning, or PBL (often "PjBL" to avoid confusion with "Problem-based Learning"), is a constructivist pedagogy that intends to bring about deep learning by allowing learners to use an inquiry based approach to engage with issues and questions that are rich, real and . Through collaboration among parents, educators, business leaders and mentors, students in grades 11 and 12 receive actual real-world experience in a wide range of scientific and technical disciplines, geared to building the skill sets demanded of workers in today's high-tech economy. Vice President Al Gore said of CART, "This is truly a visionary and innovative educational program that offers the promise of closing the `digital divide'... Your approach is an example of the kind of creativity and partnership-building that should be replicated in communities and school districts across America." Gov. George W. Bush also commented, "CART is a great example of the innovation we need in all our schools today ... we must be willing to challenge the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. -- to think differently and boldly about education. My reform agenda will give young people the tools to learn and succeed by supporting the local efforts of schools like CART." CART CEO Pat Wright said, "These endorsements reflect the key point -- that at CART, we're changing the lives of 11th- and 12th-grade high school students in California's Central Valley. We're giving our students opportunities they would never have otherwise. Thirty-five percent of these students are on or below the poverty level, and CART is helping them across the digital divide -- giving them the skills they need for jobs in today's high-tech world. "At CART, we're stubborn about our students' success. In fact, the first thing a visitor sees on entering our facility is a neon sign neon sign n → enseigne (lumineuse) au néon neon sign neon n → Neonreklame f neon sign n → that reads, `Your Future is at Stake - Failure is Not an Option.'" Regarding the $1 million contract with General Home Networks, Wright noted: "This agreement is another significant step in CART's development. It means we have started to meet the goal we set out for ourselves -- to make the CART model easy to franchise across the U.S., and to leverage our ability to build successful learning modules in broadband Internet and distance learning projects worldwide. The General Home Networks program really demonstrates the global capacity of CART." Frank Qian, president of General Home Networks, said: "We picked CART because CART is the first of its kind. Its unique content, curriculum and education online will be very welcome in China. This is a format that fits `anytime, anywhere learning.'" Qian noted that the Chinese government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
ACTV Activate ACTV Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (Venice Public Transport Company, Italy) ACTV Advanced Compatible Television and its E-school Online division, to develop and design curriculum to General Home Networks' specifications. The curriculum will include multimedia and interactive distance learning. CART has raised $34 million from government, business and private contributors. Key CART partners such as Microsoft, Cisco, AT&T Wireless, PacBell, Lawrence Livermore Labs Lawrence Livermore Labs - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Hayworth Furniture and PG&E supply much of the equipment used. About the Center for Advanced Research and Technology Created by the Clovis Unified and Fresno Unified School Districts Fresno Unified School District (also known as F.U.S.D.) is a school district in Fresno, California, U.S.A. Facts and Figures
Students are immersed im·merse tr.v. im·mersed, im·mers·ing, im·mers·es 1. To cover completely in a liquid; submerge. 2. To baptize by submerging in water. 3. in real-world, on-the-job scenarios in classrooms and laboratories housed in an 80,000-square-foot facility furnished with the latest in computers, software, laboratory and telecommunications equipment. Students attend a half day at their regular high schools, where they learn English, math and social sciences, and then attend CART classes for the remainder of the school day. CART students may choose from among four career clusters Career Clusters provide students with a context for studying traditional academics and learning the skills specific to a career, and provide U.S. schools with a structure for organizing or restructuring curriculum offerings and focusing class make-up by a common theme such as : professional sciences, engineering, advanced communication, or global economics. CART receives funding from federal, state and local governments, and from businesses and other partners. Key CART partners, including Microsoft, Cisco, AT&T Wireless, PacBell, Lawrence Livermore Labs, Hayworth Furniture and PG&E supply much of the equipment students use. CART is located at 2555 Clovis Ave., Clovis, Calif. 93612. For additional information, telephone: 559/248-7400 or visit www.cart.org. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.102400/bw1 |
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