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    "ocrText": "NEWSWEEK\nMAR\n10\n1997\nTech /\nWesler Govs\n2000\n12\nTHE MILLENNIUM NOTEBOOK\nInternet U-No Ivy, No Walls,\nNo Keg Parties\nWe may have to be. especially when\nfaced with the educational demands of the\nfuture. Utah Gov. Michael Leavilt has\nOW CAN\nand circuit board has obvious advantages\nspearheaded the formation of a sort of elec-\nthere be\nfor Joe Martin. whose employer put up\ntronic consortium of some 20 universities\nH\nclasses with-\n$75.000 for the 19-month Duke program.\nin 13 nearby states dubbed Western Gov-\nout class-\n\"My job, combined with the fact that I\nernors University (WGU) - that would al-\nrooms? Ex-\nwanted to keep a family life. has made it\nlow online students to take classes from\nams without\nimpossible for me to go back to school\nany of the institutions or from a combina-\nblue books?\nthese last 20 years.\" he says. \"The tradi-\ntion of all of them. Leavitt conceived the\nIsn't the steady inhalation of\ntional programs didn't have the flexibility I\nplan as a response to projections that his\nchalk dust essential to a top-\nneeded.\" Lisa Haddock, an online instruc-\nstate's college enrollments would double\ndrawer education? Joe Martin\ntor at the University of Phoenix, took the\nby 2015. Utah can't afford the $3 billion it\ndoesn't think so. The 41-year-old\nnew medium's flexibility to extremes when\nwould cost to build the nine new campuses\nCFO of Farm Bureau Insurance\nher second daughter opted to arrive in the\nrequired. Some futurists even go so far\nin Indianapolis is enrolled in\nmidst of two ongoing classes. \"I logged on\nas to predict the demise of conventional\nDuke University's Global Execu-\nthree times during labor.\" she says.\nteachers. Joseph Coates, coauthor of \"2025:\ntive M.B.A. program. On his\nVirtual colleges. of course. still struggle\nScenarios of U.S. and Global Society Re-\nlunch hour, or in his bedroom as\nwith the stigma of their forebears. those\nshaped by Science and Technology. envi-\nhis wife sleeps. Martin logs on to\nback-of-the-magazine correspondence\nsions a virtual education system from\nthe Internet and delves into\ncourses. Not all online offerings are ac-\nkindergarten to grad school that would\nhomework assigned by a profes-\ncredited. and prospective students should\neventually dispense altogether with age-\nsor more than 500 miles away.\nbe cautious - - for the time being. anyway.\nbased grades and allow pupils to progress\nHe listens to lectures delivered\n\"By the millennium, I think some of the\nindependently. But not even staunch pro-\nvia audio stream and engages in\nreally bad programs will have run their\nponents of online education believe acade-\nreal-time Web chats with class-\ncourse.\" says Dixon. \"We'll be out of the\nmia's hallowed halls will disappear any\nmates from China to Brazil. In\nhoneymoon phase, and more realistic\ntime soon. Says WGU executive director\nnine months, he and 40 others\nabout what really works for students\"\nJeffery Livingston, \"There's no anticipation\nfrom 14 countries will make up\nthat it's either technology or a traditional\nthe first class to graduate from\ncampus - this is just another alternative.\"\nDuke's virtual business school.\nNEWSWEEK\nAnd so it will likely remain, at least until\nDuke is one of several\nthey devise a way to download beer.\nschools, including Ohio University and\nKENDALL HAMILTON and SUSAN MILLER\nPurdue, that have recently launched Inter-\nCOMMITMENT WATCH\nnet-based M.B.A. programs for far-flung\nexecs. Other institutions have begun offer-\nWhat Beautiful Service\n3\ning electronic graduate programs in fields\nfrom computer science to nursing. and\nwould-be liberal-arts majors can collect\nThe \"beauty part,\" as Ross Perot would say, of the April 27-28 bipartisan\nPresidents' Summit for America's Future is the way It's structured. Or-\nB.A. degrees from places like the Universi-\nganizations don't get to go to Philadelphia without a concrete commit-\nty of Alaska without the need to invest in\nment to at-risk kids. That means less talk, more action. Not so beautiful:\nearmuffs. About 300 colleges and universi-\nplanners are swamped. For info, check out www.citizenservice.org.\nties now offer virtual degrees. says Pam\nDixon, author of the book \"Virtual Col-\nORGANIZATION\nCOMMITMENT\nCHALLENGE\nlege.\" And. as we head into the next millen-\nKiwanis\nEngage 250,000 kids in 30 million-\nHunting for Lions\nnium, she predicts. professors will increas-\nInternational\nplus hours of service by year 2000\nand Elk\ningly trade their ivory towers for spires of\n300 natural-\nSponsor school to career\nWould work in\nsilicon \"In 10 years, cybercolleges will def-\ngas and electric\nexperiences for 1.5 million\nany industry\ninitely be part of mainstream education.\ncompany CEOs\nyoung people\nThere's no escaping it,\" she says. Richard\nFederated Dept.\nStaelin. director of the Duke program. is\nSponsor 50,000 hours of employee\nPaging the rest of\nStores\ntime in schools as tutors, mentors\nthe retail trade\nsimilarly optimistic. \"This is a paradigm\nshift in education.\" he says. \"In five years. I\nNational Educa-\nRecruit and train more than 1,000\nNow 'bout other\ntion Association\nretired teachers to tutor 50,000\nretirees?\nbelieve, we'll have as many applications for\nyouths in reading\nour [online] M.B.A. program as for our reg-\nular one.\"\nNew York Vol-\nProvide intense une-to-one help\nTime to clone this\nunteer for\nTrading pomp and circumstance for plug\nto 25.000 youths 10 improve\none\nYouth\nschoolwork. prevent crime\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\nFor Immediate Release\nApril 19, 1997\nApril 18, 1997\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES\nSUBJECT:\nExpanding Access to Internet-based Educational\nResources for Children, Teachers, and Parents\nMy number one priority for the next 4 years is to make sure\nthat all Americans have the best education in the world.\nOne of the goals of my Call to Action for American Education\nis to bring the power of the Information Age into all of our\nschools. This will require connecting every classroom and\nlibrary to the Internet by the year 2000; making sure that\nevery child has access to modern, multimedia computers; giving\nteachers the training they need to be as comfortable with the\ncomputer as they are with the chalkboard; and increasing the\navailability of high-quality educational content. When America\nmeets the challenge of making every child technologically\nliterate, children in rural towns, the suburbs, and inner city\nschools will have the same access to the same universe of\nknowledge.\nI believe that Federal agencies can make a significant\ncontribution to expanding this universe of knowledge. Some\nagencies have already launched a number of exciting projects\nin this area. The White House has a special \"White House\nfor Kids\" home page with information on the history of the\nWhite House. NASA's K-12 initiative allows students to inter-\nact with astronauts and to share in the excitement of scientific\npursuits such as the exploration of Mars and Jupiter and with\nexperiments conducted on the Space Shuttle. The AskERIC service\n(Education Resources Information Center), supported by the\nDepartment of Education, has a virtual library of more than\n900 lesson plans for K-12 teachers, and provides answers to\nquestions from educators within 48 hours -- using a nationwide\nnetwork of experts and databases of the latest research.\nStudents participating in the Vice President's GLOBE project\n(Global Learning and Observation for a Better Environment)\ncollect actual atmospheric, aquatic, and biological data and\nuse the Internet to share, analyze, and discuss the data with\nscientists and students all over the world. With support from\nthe National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy,\nand the Department of Defense's CAETI program (Computer-Aided\nEducation and Training Initiative), the Lawrence Berkeley\nLaboratory has developed a program that allows high school\nstudents to request and download their own observations of\nthe universe from professional telescopes.\nWe can and should do more, however. Over the next 3 months,\nyou should determine what resources you can make available that\nwould enrich the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning,\nand produce and make available a new or expanded version of your\nservice within 6 months.\nmore\n(OVER)\n2\nYou should use the following guidelines to support this\ninitiative:\nConsider a broad range of educational resources,\nincluding multimedia publications, archives of primary\ndocuments, networked scientific instruments such as\ntelescopes and supercomputers, and employees willing\nto serve as tele-mentors or answer student and teacher\nquestions.\nExpand access not only to the information and other\nresources generated internally, but by the broader community\nof people and institutions that your agency works with and\nsupports. For example, science agencies should pursue\npartnerships with professional societies, universities, and\nresearchers to expand K-12 access to scientific resources.\nUpdate and improve your services in response to comments\nfrom teachers and students, and encourage educators to\nsubmit curricula and lesson plans that they have developed\nusing agency material.\nFocus on the identification and development of high-quality\neducational resources that promote high standards of\nteaching and learning in core subjects. Of particular\nimportance are resources that will help students read well\nand independently by 4th grade, and master challenging\nmathematics, including algebra and geometry, by 8th grade.\nMake sure the material you develop is accessible to people\nwith disabilities. Earlier this month, I announced my\nsupport for the Web Accessibility Initiative, a public-\nprivate partnership that will make it easier for people with\ndisabilities to use the World Wide Web.\nI am also directing the Department of Education to develop\na \"Parents Guide to the Internet,\" that will explain the\neducational benefits of this exciting resource, as well as\nsteps that parents can take to minimize the risks associated with\nthe Internet, such as access to material that is inappropriate\nfor children.\nThe Department of Education will also be responsible for chairing\nan interagency working group to coordinate this initiative to\nensure that the agency-created material is of high quality, is\neasily accessible, and promotes awareness of Internet-based\neducational resources among teachers, parents, and students.\nWILLIAM J. CLINTON\nInternet\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\nFor Immediate Release\nMarch 15, 1997\nRADIO ADDRESS\nBY THE VICE PRESIDENT\nTO THE NATION\n10:06 A.M. EST\nTHE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This is Vice\nPresident Al Gore. President Clinton asked me to fill in for him\nthis morning as he recovers from yesterday's successful operation to\nrepair a torn tendon in his knee.\nThe President's doing great, he's resting comfortably\nand he'll be back on his feet - - both of them -- very soon. He\nwanted me to thank all of you who have sent your prayers and best\nwishes for a speedy recovery.\nOver the past four years, our country has made real\nprogress. The American economy has produced nearly 12 million new\njobs. Family incomes are going up and the poverty rate is going\ndown, and we've had the biggest drop in the welfare rolls in our\nnation's history.\nBut we face new challenges in a competitive global\neconomy. And the one thing that will most determine our success or\nfailure is the quality of the education we give to all of our\nchildren. That is why President Clinton has made education our\nnation's number one priority for the next four years. And in recent\ndays, he and I have traveled the country to stress the importance of\nall Americans working together to make American public education the\nvery best in the entire world.\nHere's our goal: By the year 2000, every eight-year-old\ncan read. Every 12-year-old can log onto the Internet. Every\n18-year-old can go to college, and every American can keep on\nlearning for a lifetime. And the President has proposed a plan of\naction to reach this goal and to improve American education.\nWe must start by focusing on our youngest children. The\nPresident's balanced budget plan will expand Head Start to one\nmillion children. And this week the President and the First Lady\nannounced that they will host the first White House Conference on\nEarly Childhood Development and Learning. We also must open more\ncharter schools that stay open as long as they meet high standards.\nAnd we must make the 13th and 14th years of schooling as universal as\nhigh school is today.\nAnd the cornerstone of this plus is 1.., unise standards\nso we make sure our children We have challenged\nevery state to adopt high national academic standards, and then by\n1999 to test fourth graders in reading and eighth graders in math so\nthat all of our children, no matter where they live or what their\nbackgrounds, will have the same chance to make the most of their\nlives and their futures.\nLast month, the first two states, Michigan and Maryland,\nannounced plans to adopt these tests. And on Thursday, President\nClinton spoke before the North Carolina Legislature where Governor\nJim Hunt announced that North Carolina would become the third state\nto adopt these standards.\nThe national government is also taking responsibility\nfor the schools it controls. The Department of Defense runs a school\nsystem as big as that of the State of Delaware, educating 115,000\nAmerican children at bases here and around the world. This week, the\nDepartment of Defense schools asked that their students be among the\nfirst to take the new tests when they become available. Starting in\n1999, students in American classrooms from Wiesbaden to Okinawa to\nCamp Lejeune will learn the same rigorous material and take the same\nnational test as students throughout the country.\nOn Thursday, as the President was traveling to North\nCarolina, I traveled to California and spoke to that state's\nlegislature about another element of our education crusade, a\nnational effort to reinvent the way we finance public education, to\nreorganize our schools in harmony with the principles of the\nknowledge economy. This reinventing public education effort will\nbegin not in Washington but in communities across America. Its goal\nis to enlist everyone concerned about the education of children, from\nparents to school administrators to students themselves, to begin\nasking some fundamental questions about their public school systems\n- - in particular, how school dollars are spent.\nIn an age of tight budgets, we should be spending public\nfunds on teachers and children, not on unnecessary overhead and\nbloated bureaucracy. Yet any educational progress we achieve is at\nrisk if our children are asked to learn in a landscape littered with\npeeling paint and broken glass. With student populations at an\nall-time high, many of our schoolhouses are now at an all-time low - -\nrundown, overcrowded, and stuck with ancient technology or no\ntechnology at all.\nOne-third of our schools now need major repair or\noutright replacement. Sixty percent need major building repairs to\nfix sagging roofs or to repair cracked foundations. Forty-six\npercent even lack the basic electrical wiring to support computers,\nmodems, and modern communications technology.\nThis has become a national problem and it demands\nnational action. That is why yesterday the President sent new\nlegislation to the Congress to provide federal assistance to help\nlocal communities and states rebuild the nation's schools. The\nPartnership to Rebuild America's Schools Act will provide $5 billion\nover the next four years to help upgrade old schools and build new\nschools. This will spur $20 billion in investments for school\nmodernization by states, localities, and the private sector.\nWe urge Congress and communities to step up to this\nchallenge. We simply cannot ask our teachers to build up children in\nbuildings that are literally falling down. Our children deserve to\nbe held to the highest standards, to learn from school systems that\nfocus on teaching and not bureaucracy, inside school buildings that\nshine as brightly as their hopes.\nOn all these fronts, we are working hard to prepare our\npeople for the 21st century. We will keep at it, and we ask for your\nhelp. Thanks for listening.\nEND\n10:12 A.M. EST"
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