
The Children's Partnership and the California Emerging Technology
Fund are leading a statewide, public-private initiative to ensure
California's young people are equipped with the skills they need to be
competitive in today's digital world. This initiative,
called School2Home, will provide a broadband-connected computing
device for students attending one of California's 539 underperforming
middle schools. School2Home seeks to connect families and schools in a
comprehensive learning process.
Click here for an Overview of the School2Home
initiative.
Click here for a list of School2Home's Leadership
Group members. The School2Home Leadership Group is comprised of
corporate, education, and nonprofit leaders who have helped guide the
program's development and who continue to act as advisors on program
implementation.
Click
here for a Program Brief which describes the School2Home
vision, identifies the targeted schools and describes the outcomes
the program might expect to achieve based on research from around the
country.
Click
here for a Program Design Matrix which identifies the core
questions being addressed by design teams composed of thought leaders
from across the state with expertise in education, technology and
students from across California.
Click here for the Strategic Business Plan, which
presents a blueprint for developing, financing and implementing this
model statewide technology program designed to close the persistent
Achievement Gap and Digital Divide disproportionately impacting students
of color and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds in
California.
Read letters of support from California's
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Superintendent
of Education Jack O'Connell.
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