| Classrooms for the Future is about recognizing and embracing the need for high school reform, enabling teachers to use technology as an effective tool for educating students, and preparing students to enter and successfully compete in the ever-expanding high-tech global marketplace.
This initiative will transform the way high school teachers teach and how students learn by providing $20 million to equip these schools' English, math, science and social studies classrooms with enhanced technology, laptop computers and other state-of-the art resources. Just as importantly, an additional $6 million in state and federal funds will be used to provide teachers and school leaders extensive training on how to best harness the power of technology to increase student achievement and ensure students are ready for college and the high-tech global job market. All told, Classrooms for the Future will provide funds over the next three years so all high schools in Pennsylvania may participate in this initiative.
Chalk, blackboards and textbooks are still essential components for educating students today, but there is no question that in order to adequately prepare our students for life beyond the classroom we must incorporate a greater level of technology into our schools. By introducing students to these resources, we are helping to ensure our students will be best prepared to grasp new technological trends and utilize them to their fullest advantage.
If Pennsylvania is to adequately prepare our students for this new job market, our school's settings must be transformed to reflect this new landscape and students must achieve at higher levels. Classrooms for the Future will do that. | 
