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Kw_public schools of the Arlington sake of county a receive grant, die establish one Virginias of the career of the first automatic controller and the technical academies, an initiative will, die aims at to raise the profile of science and of technology in career education.

“it gives us another avenue, in order to help to educate class participants” said Frank to Bellavia, a wortfuehrer for Arlington Public schools. “Science and technology is part a large of 21. century, and this sake help class participants, die transition to careers to those catches.”

The goal of the grants, announces this month by Gov. Timothy M. Kaines office, is, instruction in science, in the technology to align in the technology and in Mathe with the necessities for the modern job and the Sekundaereducation therefore class participants learn die abilities, die rush hour and high wages careers require.

Everyone six school of the systems, which die grants receive, receives $20,000 for the Kw_planning and $100,000 to introduce to the request as soon as it is approved by the Virginia Board of Education and by the condition advice of more Higher Education. Plans must be submitted through May 1 Die academies to become expected to be highly and running for school the year 2008-09.

Arlington plant manager Robert G. Smith suggested that die Arlington is career center reconceived as a technical academy with the help of the grant. The new program would concentrate on integrierenscience and technology within five ranges: Automobile -, digital means, information technology, urgency-medical efforts and technology.

All courses, die at present in the career center to be offered, are offered the following case, but shift some the used approximations. If the time comes to overhaul die center the project is in mind new main interest on technology keeps taken place.

“it war a really large opportunity, that way die grant was structured,” said Mark John clay/tone, helpful plant manager for education for the Arlington public school system. “it really took prisoner, where we interest war been in our and in work in this area and in this the kind of the approximation.”

In order to request die grant, John clay/tone worked said, school the system with more higher education groups and local organizations, die also see, which help program through They on die class participants and teachers concentrated and, under other priorities, emphasize die necessity class participants to help from the high school on more higher education and on improve of teacher training to shift.

Die grant schwalbte with approximations that Arlington exercised school officials, John clay/tone said.

“which supplies it, it us opportunity, in order to structure with and hardness is to to get,” it said. “We have these developed courses. . and [ this ] some operational funds make available to speak over us.”

John clay/tone said, which circulates, is closely college with courses to be aligned and some teachers of college professors be trained. Professors could even come in teach to the high school categories, it said.

Gordon Hickey, a wortfuehrer for Kaine, said die technical academies are an attempt to fulfill a necessity.

“if it out in community enters, hears it of business the leaders, and of they an experienced crew,” Hickey want said the automatic controller. “and we had the title, which weight quality seals and the schools of the automatic controller to some the more technical abilities gives, die is important equally.”

Die six grant receiver were chosen from 22 applications Die financed other programs are die agricultural Science academy in the Halifax county; die academy of the automatic controller for innovation, technology and technology into the new haven news; Promote the innovation and the meaning by TRUNK and the trade in the Suffolk; Course academy of the Russell county; and Stafford career and technical academies in the Stafford county.

The money comes by $500.000 grants, die inside to six the states July by die center National of the automatic controller connection for best practice to be awarded Die grants by Bill and die Melinda gate basis and die Intel basis was supported, and fitting capital supplied with to Virginia. Kolorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania received also grants.

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