Gordon said the school includes backers in business, higher education, and such organizations as the Reinvestment Fund, which finances housing and redevelopment projects. Jeremy Nowak, president of the fund and chairman of the High Tech High charter board, said he hoped the Ridge administration would consider providing funding to the school. Charter schools are independently run public schools largely funded by taxpayers. Philadelphia's High Tech High is in line to receive several hundred thousand dollars through the Gates grant for planning, said Larry Rosenstock, chief executive officer of San Diego's High Tech High. The 200-student San Diego school has one computer per two students, a biotechnology lab and an engineering lab.
Students produce digital portfolios of their work, accessible online to parents.
There are a lot of people bowing at the altar of technology.