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99 CIS H 341130
TITLE: Field
Hearing on Technology in Schools: Preparing for the 21st Century
CIS-NO:
99-H341-130
SOURCE: Committee on Education and the Workforce. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Aug. 30, 1999
LENGTH:
iv+99 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1015-A; 1015-B
SUDOC: Y4.ED8/1:106-69
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477
(Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial
No. 106-69. Hearing in Petaluma, Calif., before the Subcom on Early Childhood,
Youth, and Families to examine the importance of technology education in
training students for careers in high-technology fields, focusing on programs to
promote the involvement of girls and young women in science, mathematics, and
technology.
Supplementary material (p. 39-99) includes witnesses'
written statements and:
-- H.R. 2387, known as the Getting
Our Girls Ready for the 21st Century Act (Go Girl Act), to amend the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide
grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls to pursue studies and
careers in science, mathematics, and technology, text (p. 45-53).
CONTENT-NOTATION: Technology educ programs for girls
BILLS: 106
H.R. 2387
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON EARLY CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES.
HOUSE; CALIFORNIA; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION;
SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION; TECHNICAL EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
CHILDREN; YOUTH; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-EDUCATION; PETALUMA, CALIF.;
STUDENTS; WOMEN; MATHEMATICS; GETTING OUR GIRLS READY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ACT
(GO GIRL ACT); ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
99-H341-130 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Aug. 30, 1999 p. 8-38,
55-98
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
OSTROVSKY, ALICE S. (Program Manager, Design Your Future
(DYF), Autodesk, Inc)
CAVENEY, VANESSA (Intern, DYF)
VIGUIE, MARGARET A. (Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum
and Instruction, Cotati-Rohnert Park, Calif., Unified School District)
DAMPSKY, DAISY (Director, Safe Havens for Youth, United
Way of Sonoma-Mendocino-Lake Counties, Santa Rosa, Calif)
SWANSON, JANESE (Founder, Girl Tech)
SWANSON, JACKIE
CORNWELL, CINDANA A.
(Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, SpectraSwitch, Inc)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of and
experiences with Autodesk programs to improve participation of young women in
math, science, and technology; importance of improving technology education to
prepare students for careers in high-technology fields, including benefits of
technology education for girls.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Technology educ programs for girls
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AUTODESK, INC.
