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      The President's Educational Technology Initiative

      "By the year 2000, 60 percent of the new jobs in America will require advanced technological skills.

      That is why President Clinton and I have called on parents, teachers, leading CEOs and others to join us in a new national mission. We have issued a challenge to America that calls for every young person to enter the workforce technologically literate in the 21st Century"

      We have set a new challenge for America...

      We are calling on parents, teachers, leading CEOs and others to join us in a new national mission. We need schools equipped with the right technology.

      The four pillars of our challenge are quite simple:

      1. Modern computers and learning devices will be accessible to every student.
      2. Classrooms will be connected to one another and to the outside world.
      3. Educational software will be an integral part of the curriculum -- and as engaging as the best video game.
      4. Teachers will be ready to use and teach technology.