Education and U.S. Competitiveness

Jun 27, 2008

Library of Congress Strong American Schools

Former Education Secretary, William J. Bennett, spoke about the future of American education and preparing students for roles in a competitive global economy. Among the issues he addressed were confronting several challenges facing the U.S. educational system, the quality of public school curricula and programs for students, and achievement .. Read More
Former Education Secretary, William J. Bennett, spoke about the future of American education and preparing students for roles in a competitive global economy. Among the issues he addressed were confronting several challenges facing the U.S. educational system, the quality of public school curricula and programs for students, and achievement standards. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience.

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00:00:05 Unidentified Speaker EARLIER TODAY THE GROUP STRONG AMERICAN -- KOZA THE FORM ON AMERICAN EDUCATION IS AT THE LIBRARY OF...
00:00:34 Unidentified Speaker IF WE COULD GET EVERYBODY TO MOVE BACK TO THEIR SEATS, WE COULD PROCEED WITH OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER....
00:00:38 Unidentified Speaker COULD PROCEED WITH OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] GREVE THAT MUFFIN AND FIND YOUR...
00:01:26 Unidentified Speaker GREVE THAT MUFFIN AND FIND YOUR SEAT PLEASE. OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER THIS MORNING HAS THE DISTINCTION...
00:02:25 Unidentified Speaker THANKS TOM, A WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION. APPRECIATE IT. ALAA THEY HAVE INTRODUCTIONS ARE MORE LIKE EPITHET...
00:06:57 Unidentified Speaker READING PREDICTS NOT ONLY SUCCESS IN READING AND HISTORY BUT INTERESTINGLY IT PREDICTS SUCCESS AND...
00:09:33 Unidentified Speaker IT DAVID IS A REVERED FIGURE, AS HE IS. HAVE YOU READ THESE BOOKS?
00:09:39 Unidentified Speaker JOHN ADAMS, TRUMAN? THESE ARE BIG BOOKS, 1776 IN
00:09:45 Unidentified Speaker SEVERAL EDITIONS AND THE BOOKS SELL. AMERICANS LOVE THE AMERICAN HISTORY. THEY LOVE BIOGRAPHIES. THIS...
00:09:52 Unidentified Speaker SEE SOME OF THESE LARGE VOLUMES WITH SAN AND COCA-COLA ON THEM BUT THEY WILL BE THERE AND PEOPLE WILL...
00:21:20 Unidentified Speaker THIS WAS GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE, THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF
00:21:24 Unidentified Speaker EFFECTIVE TEACHERS AND THE
00:21:25 Unidentified Speaker STUDENTS' MATH SCORES AVERAGED 76 PERCENTILE. THESE FOR CLASSROOMS CHOSEN AT RANDOM. THREE CONSECUTIVE...
00:21:38 Unidentified Speaker PERCENTILE, SO STARTING AT 50, THREE YEARS OF EFFECTIVE AND YOU GO UP TO 76, THREE YEARS OF INEFFECTIVE...
00:21:54 Unidentified Speaker SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE SCHOOL MAKES, I THINK THE RESEARCH IS PRETTY CLEAR, IT'S THE QUALITY...
00:24:41 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING DR. BENNETT. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ACTUALLY. THE FIRST IS WITH REGARD TO THE WORK THAT...
00:25:20 Unidentified Speaker CAN I GET A? DO YOU HEAVEN BACK THERE SOMEWHERE? THANK YOU.
00:25:27 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE? I KNOW THEY ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF THEIR....
00:25:46 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT EXPERT IN THEIR EXPERTS HERE AND THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU. I DO THINK SIMPSON IS RIGHT ...
00:28:29 Unidentified Speaker IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WE HAD A LOT OF COMPARISONS WITH UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES ON...
00:28:52 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE REAL...
00:33:36 Unidentified Speaker THE WILKINS PUT ON LOS ANGELES AND THERE WAS FOR THE FIRST TIME
00:33:39 Unidentified Speaker A CONVERSATION AMONG A LOT OF PEOPLE. AMERICA IS NOT GOING DOWN THE TUBES BY ANY STRETCH. BUT THOSE...
00:34:54 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SECRETARY. BEFORE HE LEAVES I THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD NOTE THAT BECAUSE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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