Network News

August 29, 2008
Discovery Project Earth--Discovery Channel (9:00 pm)
Raining Forests

Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy's (Jefferson, Louisiana) efforts in rebuilding the wetlands will be aired on the Discovery Channel. Taylor students, parents, teachers, and other community volunteers built 20,000 seed pods to be dropped from the air to re-seed the coastal barrier islands destroyed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Coastal and environmental responsibility is an important area of study at Taylor since it affects our daily lives. This real-world scientific experiment was a perfect fit to our PBL environment and social responsibility focus.

August 20, 2008

Dr. Reed visits North Daviess
Washington TImes-Herald
by Sally Petty

Click here to read article.

August 20, 2008

North Daviess New Tech
WTHI TV 10

North Daviess High School is the only rural public school in Indiana to use the New Tech Curriculum (opened August 2008).

Click here to read article and view video about the school's opening.

August 13, 2008

New Tech era dawns today
Herald Times Online
By Andy Graham

Freshmen will be Bloomington New Tech High's (Bloomington, IN) first students at its 2008 opening today, setting new patterns and tradition.

Click here to read entire article.

June 30, 2008

MANOR NEW TECH HIGH HERALDED AS MODEL, KUT Radio Station, Austin, TX

Click here to listen to radio broadcast.

June, 2008

Ángeleños: A Bilingual Collection of Poetry and Prose
written by students of downtown Los Angeles
published by Milligan Books, Los Angeles, CA
(June, 2008)

The students of Los Angeles School of Global Studies worked on this project throughout the year in their bilingual Spanish-English class. All profits go directly to a scholarship fund for L.A. School of Global Studies students. (Click on the title to learn how to purchase copies.)

June, 2008

Learning Tour: Manor New Technology High School

Profile for Learning Tour conducted of Manor New Technology High School (Manor ISD, TX) by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas, on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, Released
June, 2008.

May 20, 2008

Click here to read CELL (Center of Excellence in Leadership Learning) website interview with Becky Kueterman and Cliff Johnson, teachers at New Tech High @ Arsenal Tech, Indianapolis, IN (opened in 2007).

May 11, 2008

Small L.A. Unified campus showing large gains
The success of the Student Empowerment Academy, which provided discipline and personalized attention, could mean more children will get such opportunities.
Los Angeles Times, L.A,, CA
By Jason Song

Jefferson New Tech Student Empowerment Academy gets results with discipline and personal attention.

Click here to read article.

May 7, 2008

Manor Education Becomes Solar-Powered

Manor ISD New Tech High School, East Manor, Texas, will initiate the lighting of their first, solar-powered, full-color electronic marquee at a presentation on Friday, May 9, 2008.

See attached press release for details.

April 25, 2008

Daman Products President Larry Davis Report on Visit to Napa and Sacramento New Tech High Schools, April 23-24, 2008

As part of Daman's ongoing quest to influence the state of education, Daman Products (South Bend, IN) President Larry Davis visited the original installation of the New Technology High School model in Napa, California. The following letters are links to his initial thoughts in support of this model.

Initial Thoughts on the New Technology High School Model (PDF 72KB)
New Technology High School Notes to the SBCSC (PDF 76KB)

April 21, 2008

Teachers and students from the Los Angeles School of Global Studies (LASGS) will be featured in an episode of TLC's Little People Big World. The episode will air on April 21st at 8pm.

LASGS teachers, Kim Dawson, Nate Liu, and Alex Guevara, recently created a PBL unit as part of an interdisciplinary Algebra 1 and 9th grade science course.The unit culminated with the first annual Little Person Advocacy Event. For this project each student designed a piece of furniture (using Google Sketchup) that would meet the specific body measurements of a little person. They also designed a piece of furniture that would make an average height person feel like a little person when using it. Throughout the project they were able to interview little people about dwarfism and get their feedback on their designs. Each team of students built a cardboard replica of one of their designs to present at the LP Advocacy Event. The students were evaluated by fellow students, teachers, staff and by little people Connie, Jody and Carlton. They were also evaluated and supported by Matt Roloff of the television show Little People Big World.

So, tune in on Monday night, April 21, 2008 to see the results of their efforts!

March 15, 2008

Over 500 Bay Area middle and high school students, including Napa New Tech, competed in the day-long 6th Annual World Affairs Challenge™competition at San Francisco State University. Napa New Tech teams proudly placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in several categories. Click here to read more about the competitions and results on this exciting day.

* World Savvy's mission is to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs.

March 26, 2008
Collaboration a focus at Tech Valley High - Troy, NY

New York State Education Commissioner Richard Mills and Regent Joseph Bowman visited Tech Valley High School in the Rensselaer Technology Park, Troy, NY, for the first time. They met with teachers, students and parents to learn about the innovative new school based on math, science and technology. Below, from left, David Miller, deputy commissioner for innovation, the New York State Education Department; James N. Baldwin, district superintendent, Questar III; and New York State Education Commissioner Richard Mills watch as Tech Valley High School freshmen Cody Bagley from Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District and James Hazzard from Sharron Springs Central School District work collaboratively on a project.

Click here to read article in The Record - Troy, NY (3/27/08).

March 3, 2008

Sharing in the Group Project
The Louisana Weekly
by Dr. Andre M. Perry

Dr. Andre Perry, along with a group of educational, business and community leaders from New Orleans, recently attended a Study Tour at Sacramento New Technology High School.

"New Tech High's magic comes from it's ability to utilize individual strength and diversity while simultaneously instilling a strong sense of community." ( from "Sharing in the Group Project")

Click here to read his impressions after observing the New Technology project-based learning process.

February 4, 2008

Sam Bartos, student at New Technology High School in Napa, describes his experience on the day Bill Clinton spoke at the Napa Valley Opera House, on behalf of his wife, Hillary Clinton.

Click here to read his story.

January 29, 2008

Texas High School Project Spotlight
Math, Engineering, Technology and Science Academy (METSA) at R.L. Turner High School, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, TX (Article and Video)

Click here to read the article about the successes at Math, Engineering, Technology and Science Academy (METSA).

January 21, 2008

Award-winning Public Service Announcement Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. is Now Online

This past October, the Liberation Curriculum department of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University partnered with All Stars Helping Kids (all-star athlete- founded service organization) in sponsoring a competition for San Francisco Bay Area high school students that will graduate in 2008 and 2009. Students were invited to develop and submit a script for a public service announcement regarding Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mission and message of of peace through social justice.

Napa New Tech's Alyssa Martinez and Stephanie Hernandez, who worked as a team, were announced as the winners and have since completed their PSA which is now available for viewing on Yahoo! A documentary tracking the PSA process was created by the producers that assisted the team.

Click here to read Press Release previously written about the competition.

Click here to view Public Service Announcement and documentary.

January 11, 2008

State-of-the-art state of mind -Technology academy likes to try new things
The Times-Picayune , New Orleans, LA
by Jenny Hurwitz

At the midpoint of its inaugural year, Algiers Technology Academy has already established itself as a place that embraces nontraditional teaching methods in combination with the latest technological gadgets. Students use computers in every class and in a number of different capacities: to study foreign languages, to express their opinions in global communications or to edit photographs in multimedia class.

..."Educators think the Algiers-based high school could become the flagship New Technology site in Louisiana, based on its early success," said Sue Burge, DIrector of the Louisiana network for the California-based foundation.

To read entire article, click here.

November 18, 2007

'1984' - Teachers, teens immerse selves in mock danger of Orwell's novel.
Sacramento Bee, CA
by Kim Minugh

Seniorsat Sacramento New Technology High School had been immersing themselves for three weeks in a make-believe world meant to simulate the conditions of George Orwell's legendary book, "1984." Written in 1948, the novel is a futuristic glimpse at a totalitarian society that Orwell set in 1984.

To read entire article, click here.

September, 2007

Science Academy Secures Cash - But More Needed for West Bank Campus
Thursday, September 27, 2007
By Jenny Hurwitz
New Orleans Times-Picayune

Patrick Taylor Science and Technology Academy has secured $22 million from the state for its new campus in Avondale, setting the stage for Jefferson Parish's first new public school building in two decades.

Click here to read entire article.

September 2007
Governor Perry Cuts VIrtual Ribbon for Opening of the Newest T-Stem Academy: Manor New Tech High School, Manor, Texas
Office of the Governor Press Release

Manor, Texas - Gov. Rick Perry today participated in a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Manor New Tech High School, which focuses on preparing Texas students for high-tech jobs of the 21st Century.

To read the rest of this Press Release about Manor High School, click here.

August 2007
High Hopes at Rochester's New Tech High School (Indiana)
Pharos-Tribune.com

New Tech is a technology-rich school design focused on graduating
students who have mastered 21st century knowledge and skills.

To read the rest of the story, go to
http://www.pharostribune.com/education/local_story_234113439.html