[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6542-6543]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  IN HONOR OF THE SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE AND THE CENTER FOR ETHICS AND 
                               TECHNOLOGY

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 14, 1999

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay a special 
tribute to The School of the Future as it celebrates the opening of the 
new Center for Ethics and Technology.
  This innovative educational facility, located in the heart of my 
district, is aptly named: it does a remarkable job in preparing our 
city's children for the future. An astounding 98 percent of the 
School's graduates were accepted to colleges and major universities in 
1998.
  The School places an emphasis on providing students with a strong 
liberal arts education. It aims to produce students who are not only 
culturally literate, but who have well-developed analytical skills. 
Students are trained to examine evidence, explore alternate points of 
view, consider significance, understand point of view and seek 
connections in all of their learnings.
  The new Center for Ethics and Technology strives to create a sense of 
balance and responsibility in our increasingly technological society. 
Through the use of computer technology, the Center will allow 
participants to expand their inter-generational dialogue toward an 
intercultural, international exchange.
  Last month, the Center invited senior citizens, computer scientists, 
inner city freshman and their parents to join the Anti-Defamation 
League at a forum to explore how our sense of community has evolved in 
today's high-tech world.
  This Center would not have been possible if not for the dedicated 
volunteer work of the Center's director, Adam Kinory; the school's 
teachers and principal, Kathy Rehfield-Pelles; its parent body, and 
volunteers from The Sol Goldman 14th Street Y of The Educational 
Alliance, New York Cares, and Pencil.
  At a time when our public school enrollments are at record levels and 
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are expected to climb further, we have an obligation to act now to 
shore up our public education system. The School of the Future is 
leading that journey.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues rise with me in this tribute to 
The School of the Future as it strives to bring our public education 
system into the next millennium. The School's important work with New 
York City's children is priceless. It is an honor to have the School in 
my district.

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