The district will remain in existence pending a decision by the court on the constitutionality of the law that established it. We're up against a lot of the same challenges. She went on to say there was plenty the parochial schools could learn from public schools. Enrollment in the nation's private schools, which is currently at 5.8 million, will not top 50 million students by the year 2000, despite what the U.S. Department of Education claims. The 21st Century Teachers initiative is looking for 100,000 teacher volunteers to work with other teachers and educators to become more accomplished in utilizing the latest computer technology in their schools.
Any teacher can sign up to volunteer.
We believe in building and promoting mutual trust and respect between families and schools, and also between the school and the community at large. In an address at the ceremony, the Secretary outlined the importance of having the entire community come together in support of education. His maxim Better education is everybody's business concisely captures the heart of his comments. In his remarks to the group, Joe McTighe commented on the sense of personal worthlessness that plagues too many young people today, and said the only way to face this problem is together. Only by acting together will we have the capacity and scope to ever hope to make a difference.