The enabling legislation to include technology infrastructure for school facilities has been set forth in the 1994 Omnibus Education Act. In addition, Goals 2000 recommends that states establish standards or strategies to provide all students with an opportunity to learn. Because of our commitment to educational technology, the Department will set a high priority on using federal monies from Goals 2000 to supplement state funds to boost technology in the classrooms. Here we've come to my favorite topic, literate students. The Board of Education's vision, the National Education Goals, the Hawaii Goals for Education, greater math and science requirements, and even performance standards will keep circling in a holding pattern above us, beyond our grasp, until all of our students master the basic communication skills that undergird any and all learning.
Many people refer to reading, writing, relating, speaking, and thinking as literacy or basic skills.
Our schools, particularly our elementary schools, have always focused on these, along with mathematics, as the core of our instructional program. But we haven't been as successful as we could or should be with all students. Every Time First, some background about the Success Compact. Building this community of learners where everyone is a teacher and everyone is a student sounds relatively simple. However, in traditional practice, teachers have expected students to fit into their teaching style, rather than diagnosing, analyzing, and tailoring their instruction to maximize students' learning styles.