New Mexico Public Education Department Joins Forces With Oracle Academy to Prepare Rural Students for 21st Century Careers
Redwood Shores, CA and Santa Fe, NM – March 10, 2009
The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) has joined forces with the Oracle Academy, Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell, and General Communication, Inc. (GCI) to launch an innovative distance learning program that will help rural New Mexico students develop the technology and business skills needed for 21st century careers.
During the pilot phase of the program, 22 students from four rural school districts will complete Oracle Academy curriculum via online and real-time instructional video. Participating districts include Animas Public Schools, Cloudcroft Municipal Schools, Corona Public Schools, and Dexter Public Schools. The Oracle Academy curriculum focuses on database design and programming skills, and is delivered over two semesters in high schools, colleges, and vocational schools globally. There is no cost to the state or to students in this program.
Participating students will receive concurrent credit from Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell, facilitating a seamless pathway to higher education degrees.
Currently, more than 89,000 students from 800 educational institutions across the U..S benefit from their participation in the Oracle Academy.
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“This cutting edge collaboration makes high tech training available to New Mexico’s students,” said New Mexico Education Secretary Veronica C. Garcia. “This program reflects the best of New Mexico’s redesign efforts in that it provides rigorous content aligned to New Mexico’s content standards and benchmarks, is provided in distance learning format, and prepares today’s students for both today’s and tomorrow’s workforce.”
“The Oracle Academy is proud to collaborate with the New Mexico Public Education Department and Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell on this innovative program,” said Clare Dolan, Vice President, Oracle Corporate Citizenship. “By working together, we can prepare students in New Mexico’s rural communities for successful 21st century careers.”
“The Oracle Academy provides rigorous curriculum that will give students the skills not only to enable them to remain in the state, but potentially in their rural communities,” said Dr. Melissa W. Lomax, Bureau Chief, Career Technical and Workforce Education Division, NMPED.
“This is an important addition to the state’s distance learning repertoire,” said Dr. Tim Snyder, Executive Director of Innovative Digital Education and Learning New Mexico (IDEAL-NM). “Real-time instructional video complements IDEAL-NM’s ‘any time any place’ eLearning courses.”
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