Access to Telecommunications Technology: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, September 30, 1994, Volume 4This hearing was held to explore the use of technology in education, and how the government can better encourage its use across the country. It is hoped that hearings of this nature will draw attention to the nation's deficiencies in telecommunications and technologies in schools, and that the country will be able to fill those gaps in the near future with the help of educational experts, government agencies, telecommunications and technology companies, as well as the business community. The hearing begins with statements by Congressmen Lehman, Hastert, and Cooper. Additional testimony about the use of telecommunications technology in education was provided by the following persons: Lois Harrison-Jones, Superintendent of Boston Public Schools; John T. Kernan, Chairman and CEO of the Lightspan Partnership, Inc.; Shirley M. Malcom, Head of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs, AAAS; Ron Rescigno, District Superintendent, Hueneme School District; Linda Roberts, Director and Special Advisor, Office of Educational Technology, Department of Education; and Connie Stout, Director, Texas Education Network, TENET Project, Computation Center, University of Texas at Austin. The prepared statement of Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education, is also included. (MAS) |
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Page 21 - By the year 2000, the Nation's teaching force will have access to programs for the continued improvement of their professional skills and the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to instruct and prepare all American students for the next century.
Page 26 - By the year 2000, United States students will be first in the world in mathematics and science achievement. Goal 6 By the year 2000, every adult American will be literate and will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
Page 26 - By the year 2000: 1. All children in America will start school ready to learn. 2. The high school graduation rate will increase to at least 90 percent. 3. American students will leave grades four, eight, and twelve having demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter...
Page 26 - By the year 2000, the high school graduation rate will increase to at least 90 percent. 3. Student Achievement and Citizenship — By the year 2000, all students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter including English, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography...
Page 11 - Infrastructure (Nil), a seamless web of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that will put vast amounts of information at users
Page 26 - By the year 2000, every school will promote partnerships that will increase parental involvement and participation in promoting the social, emotional, and academic growth of children.
Page 20 - In fact, the most accurate predictor of a student's achievement in school is not income or social status, but the extent to which that student's family is able to: 1. Create a home environment that encourages learning. 2. Express high (but not unrealistic) expectations for their children's achievement and future careers. 3. Become involved in their children's education at the school and in the community.
Page 28 - Report of the Information Infrastructure Task Force Committee on Applications and Technology, NIST Special Publication 857 (Washington, DC: May 1994). 108. Department of Commerce, Technology Administration and National Institute of Standards and Technology, The Information Infrastructure: Reaching Society's Goals...
Page 17 - I am grateful to you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the subcommittee for giving me the opportunity to testify in these hearings.