NEW TECH NETWORK ANNOUNCES NEARLY 50 PERCENT GROWTH IN NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOLS

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New Tech Network (New Tech) has announced that it will achieve nearly 50 percent growth for the 2011-2012 school year, expanding to an additional 30 public schools nationwide for a total of more than 85 schools in 16 states throughout the network when schools open this fall.

North Carolina has five New Tech High schools, including Warren New Tech High school, where more than 93 percent of its graduates are going to college, and Anson New Tech High School in Wadesboro, which had a 100 percent graduation rate this year.

A subsidiary of KnowledgeWorks, New Tech works with schools, districts, and communities to integrate its transformative approach to learning in public high schools across the country. This approach uses engaging and relevant projects that are compliant with state standards while incorporating project-based learning and a smart use of technology.

First introduced in Napa, California in 1996, New Tech is emerging as one of the fastest-growing approaches to transforming high school education in the U.S. New Tech is currently in 62 public schools in 14 states, including Texas, California, New York, North Carolina and Indiana.

In a recent address to the graduates of Warren New Tech, Congressman G.K. Butterfield, D-Wilson, celebrated that "more than 93 percent of Warren New Tech graduates are going to college" and lauded Warren New Tech for its its 100 percent student retention rate, a testament to student engagement that has become a hallmark of New Tech high schools.

Butterfield also charged students to conduct themselves with character.

"Character is essential in your life. To be successful you must have character and you must be trustworthy. You must be respectful, be responsible,” Butterfield told graduates. “Being responsible is being accountable for what you do and who you are. You must decide for yourself a course for your future."