New Tech High School

New Tech's mission is to re-invent teaching and learning for the 21 st Century by offering a proven model and a fully integrated suite of tools designed to facilitate the creation and management of a relevant and engaging 21st Century education.

Visit one of their schools:  http://www.newtechhigh.org/Website2007/index.html

New Tech Foundation is a 501c(3) that helps schools change to this model.  This is perfect example of how a different learning model will be made available to public education and supported by a network of educators and students, what Disrupting Class called “facilitated user networks”. 

Visit their network:  http://www.newtechfoundation.org/initiatives_network.html

Indiana has adopted New Tech’s model as one of their models for high school..  Read more about their upcoming conference on transforming education:

http://cell.uindy.edu/transformingeducation/2008conference.php   

(Note: take a look at the agenda and who the conference sponsors are.  This is a statewide effort supported by the public sector, business and communitites)

If you come to the conference, you will meet a representative from New Tech High.