The School of the Future is designed to create a
sustainable and replicable model for improved instructional development
through the use of technology, and is expected to lend many best practices
toward achieving Project 720's three primary goals: increased rigor of
educational programs; enhanced postsecondary access and credentialing for
increasing numbers of students; and producing active and productive citizens.
Through Microsoft's Partners in Learning Program, Microsoft is taking its
long-standing commitment to education to the next level by focusing its
resources - people, partnerships, services, philanthropy and products - to
empower students and teachers to realize their full potential.
Microsoft recognizes the need for educators not only to master the technical
skills needed to use technology successfully, but also to understand how it
can be integrated throughout the academic environment.

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In addition, at the high school level, nearly
2000 math teachers, about one out of every five, are teaching out of
their field of expertise or have not yet completed requirements for
even a preliminary credential. Schools
with lower pass rates are three times more likely to have
underprepared teachers than schools with the highest passing rates.

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PA Governor Rendell Announces Five-Year Partnership with Microsoft for Teacher Development and High School Reform

"Teachers and leaders within the Commonwealth are clearly using technology
in new and exciting ways to reform education," said Linda Zecher, vice
president of the U.
These findings and recommendations can be found in the new CFTL
Centerview: California's Approach to Math Instruction Doesn't Add Up
at www.

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"Pennsylvania is changing the way we prepare high school graduates,
ensuring all students are prepared to enter college and the high-skills
workforce," Governor Rendell said.
To help provide students the opportunity to meet the high academic
standards the state has set in mathematics, the Center is recommending
that California's governor and Legislature immediately act to
establish summer institutes for 8th grade Algebra I teachers. The
institutes should be designed to give teachers the subject matter
knowledge and instructional skill they need to ensure their students
acquire a sound foundation in algebra that will enable them to succeed
on the high school exit exam and go on to higher level mathematics.

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The first component of the joint effort will be to create resources and
infuse best practices from the School of the Future - the new high school
being developed by the School District of Philadelphia and Microsoft - into
Project 720 programs.----Despite
California 's stringent academic standards, testing and graduation
requirements requiring knowledge of Algebra , more than 73,000 of the
state's middle school students are enrolled in Algebra I classes in
which the teacher is either underprepared or assigned "out-of-field.

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The program is named for the number of days in a high school student's career.

CONTACT: Kate Philips, Pennsylvania Office of the Governor,
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will also support a new peer-coaching framework to help Keystone teachers
mentor their peer teachers and colleagues.

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, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. today announced a five-year partnership to support
and expand teacher professional development and high school reform through a
joint effort that will contribute to Pennsylvania's Keystones Program for
teachers and Project 720, the Commonwealth's high school reform initiative.
"Eventually, we want all high schools to participate in Project 720, and
this partnership will help us to reach that goal," said Secretary of Education
Francis V.
On average , schools with the lowest passing rates on the
California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) have far more of these
underprepared teachers than schools with higher pass rates.com

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The second component of Microsoft's investment will go toward the creation
and distribution of "best of class" professional development resources for the
Pennsylvania Keystones Program that identifies teachers across Pennsylvania
who effectively use technology to enhance learning in their classrooms .
Partners in Learning seeks to address the "digital inclusion" issues
facing education today by facilitating access to technology and training.

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Rendell and Microsoft Corp. Burgeoning student enrollment at the
middle and high school levels coupled with increasing teacher
retirements, will further challenge California's capacity to provide
students with mathematics teachers.

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John McDonald at 310-798-3252 or 310-880-5332 or by email at
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"This public -private partnership will help us further
develop the extraordinary talents of our Keystones by allowing them to share
their expertise with each other.

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Microsoft is excited to
be part of this joint effort with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
ultimately help teachers and students reach their full potential.

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Microsoft to Provide up to $2 Million to Bridge Schools' Technology Gap and
Improve Student Achievement

HARRISBURG, Pa.

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"Such use enables new ways of learning while equipping its students with
the skills necessary to excel in today's workforce.org.

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Under the agreement, Microsoft will contribute up to $2 million in funding
and human resources through its Partners in Learning initiative to help build
a peer coaching framework for teachers that excel at integrating technology
into their curricula while helping build new tools and resources for pre-
service and high school institutions."
To ensure the success of the relationship and its considerable goals,
Pennsylvania and Microsoft will form an executive council, co-chaired by a
representative from each entity, which will identify the activities and
tactics that will support the goals of the program."
In California, 950 middle school teachers , or about 40% of the
workforce assigned to teach Algebra I in middle school, do not have a
single -subject matter credential in mathematics and may lack the
background and preparation necessary to effectively teach the subject,
according to a new briefing paper by the Center for the Future of
Teaching and Learning.

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"Having Microsoft's expertise and
resources available to us now will significantly enhance our effort to build
upon and expand these key education technology programs in order to provide
better academic results for our children throughout Pennsylvania.