I think you have made the case that what happens outside of the classroom is as much a part of the education process as inside the classroom...
If you are capable in math, there is a pretty substantial demand in the economy, and how much of a challenge is that?
We don't have enough folks and enough ethnic groups involved in the STEM world.
We need to make the connections and make it a whole system.
If we can't keep more kids in school, we won't even have the sheer numbers to be able to compete.
Time for one last comment. Anyone else--yes?
There was a study done on Chess for Success here in Oregon that showed it had a pretty positive impact.
We need to remember access as well, please.
I loved math, and it could have been taught in any form, and I would have loved it.
I think it is unfair that we charge our schools with the totality of educating the kid as if they are supposed to be teachers and social ser...
And this is a story we have certainly heard throughout the State. And it is a big deal.
Thank you very much.
I just so appreciate getting this on the official record because I want folks back in Washington to make sure they hear this story.
We are becoming the first generation of adults whose children are getting less education than we got.
So tell me this, as you talk about the accountability, and No Child Left Behind has a series of measures after 3 years of nonperformance tha...
Do you find that if the punitive structure of No Child Left Behind was taken away, does the data itself and slicing it in many different dir...
But it sounded to me that much of what has gone on is trying to break down the silo in which teachers often find themselves.
Our skills as a Nation, as they relate to skills in other countries around the world, are slipping.
