Fairfax Education Foundation Adds to Leadership
Celebrating its twenty-five year anniversary of technology innovation and leadership for the Fairfax County Public Schools, the Education Foundation announced today that two new business executives have joined its thirty-five member Board of community leaders. Mick Adkisson, Manager of Education Advocacy and Dave Patterson, CEO of Siemens Government Solutions have been elected to the Board of Trustees. Adkisson of Federal Way, Washington and Patterson of Reston, Virginia are enthused about the work of the Foundation and eager to join with other business leaders who have made over $20M of donations throughout the life of the Foundation. The Foundation Board provides leadership and oversight to projects undertaken to support innovation in the 13th largest K-12 system in the country. During its 25 years the Foundation has supported 32 different projects including the establishment of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, now the top-ranked public high school in the world.

For More information: Jim Rosebush, Foundation CEO, 202 835 1695

1983-2008 Bridging the Millennium with Technology Innovation
The Annual State of Education Luncheon on Monday, October 20, 2008 to honor the Foundation's 25th Year of serving Fairfax School Children.
The annual State of Education Luncheon for education, business, and community leaders will be held Monday October 20, 2008 at the McLean Hilton Hotel, Tyson's Corner Virginia. Tim Kaine, Governor of Virginia as well as US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings have been invited. Outgoing Congressmen Tom Davis, one of the founders of the Foundation will especially be honored for his work in education. This event will also serve as a time to look back on the accomplishments of the Foundation during these years as well as providing a forward view of how technology can do even more to advance the cause of education.

For information please contact: Jim Rosebush, CEO at (202) 835-1695.

21st Century Careers Project to Benefit Fairfax Middle Schoolers
The Fairfax Education Foundation today announced the launch of a model technology innovation program, in partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia, to benefit middle schoolers in Fairfax County. The three-year program titled Technology and 21st Century Careers: Preparing Students for the Future will premier this winter at Glasgow Middle School. Read Press Release [PDF]

K12nects concludes its six-year run
It's hard to imagine it but after six years the innovative K12nects program has concluded. After millions of dollars from companies, the US Congress and FCPS, what did we accomplish? When we started schools did not have technology plans, building did not have technology audits and the foundation was looked at sideways for requiring K12nects schools to have both. Teachers were reticent to engage in the training offered by the foundation and technology applications were in their infancy. Now we can say that by keeping our focus on the question "How does technology affect learning?" we have helped shape the use and effectiveness of technology development and helped to hold it accountable to improving SOL scores and other measures of success. For a complete repot on this project and its findings, please call Jim Rosebush at 202 835 1695.

Friends: The Virginia General Assembly has enacted legislation to allow for taxpayers in VA 2002-2007 to elect to allocate their refund to Public School Education Foundations! Ours is one of the 50 Foundations in 130 school districts throughout VA selected. All you need to do is to use our code: 059001 and indicate on your return that you would like your refund or any portion of it to go to your Foundation. The Foundation, along with the Parks and Library Foundations, also receives donations from Fairfax County taxpayers.