[NV Greens] Fwd: This week on NOW

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>NOW
>Friday, February 25, 2005 on PBS
>(Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html)
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>This week on NOW:
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>* Bridging the digital divide.  Should the telecom giants be able to
>decide if poor neighborhoods get access to high-speed Internet?  Find
>out in THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT.
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>* Reading, writing and techno-literacy.  Former Governor of Maine Angus
>King, who led an initiative to provide laptop computers to every middle
>school student in his state, on preparing America for the jobs of the
>future.  A David Brancaccio interview.
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>THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT
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>The information revolution is making high-speed Internet access an
>essential element of success in America, but there's a growing divide
>between the techno-haves and have-nots that's keeping some poorer
>neighborhoods, schools, and businesses in the digital dark.  NOW goes
>inside the battle for high-speed Internet in two communities where local
>governments want to build their own systems to provide affordable access
>to underserved neighborhoods, but are being challenged by the telecom
>giants that want to maintain their dominance in local markets.
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>ANGUS KING
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>NOW regular contributor and former Governor of Maine Angus King saw the
>future of jobs in America and figured out how to prepare his state's
>middle school students by getting them laptop computers.  But what will
>the jobs of the future be and should the government play a part in
>preparing the workforce?  "If we don't know what the new jobs are going
>to be, there is, it seems to me, two things we can say for sure," King
>says.  "Whatever they are, it's going to require more education and more
>technology."  David Brancaccio gets King's perspective on the role
>government in providing the technology and training to succeed in the
>job market of the future.
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>NOW continues online at PBS.org (www.pbs.org/now).  Log on to read about
>the debate over community ownership of Internet access; get information
>on Maine's innovative laptop program and other efforts to combat the
>digital divide; find technology education resources for both children
>and adults with an interactive map; and more. 
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>Hosted by David Brancaccio, NOW has been called "...one of the last
>bastions of serious journalism on TV" by the Austin-American Statesmen
>and "...public television at its best" by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
>Each week, the series sheds light on a wide range of issues confronting
>the nation and explores American democracy and culture through
>investigative reporting and interviews with major authors, leading
>thinkers, and artists. 
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Paul Etxeberri

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