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IS MOST PROTECTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? >>UM -- I WOULD SAY EDUCATION. >> EDUCATION? >> SCHOOL? >> MY EDUCATION. >> IT IS TRUE FOR MOST KIDS
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THAT THE GOVERNMENT PROTECT THEIR EDUCATION. TODAY'S U.S. EDUCATION IS IN A STATE OF CRISIS AND CONTROVERSY. >> WE ARE IN A
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SIGNIFICANT CRISIS IN EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY. IF YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THE STATISTICS, WE ARE SPENDING MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH MONEY ON EDUCATION...
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ME BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN MY LIFE. WHEN THE SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED SPUTNIK 1 INTO OUTER SPACE, AN INITIATIVE BY PRESIDENT...
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MOUNON, AND NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE EASY BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD THAT. >> THIS BECAME
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A REALITY. THE U.S. IS RANKED 31ST PLACE IN MATH ON THE 2009 TEST. IT IS NOT RUSSIA BUT CHINA WHO LEADS THE WORLD IN MATH SCORES. SHANGHAI, CHINA WAS...
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THE U.S. COMPETE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD? >>
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I THINK WE DO. IT IS NOT THAT WE ARE ENTIRELY NOT COMPETITIVE BUT CURRENTLY, OTHER COUNTRIES ARE DOING VERY WELL IN EXPORTING AUTOMOBILES TO THE UNITED...
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I DON'T THINK SO. THERE NOTHING IN THESE RESULTS ARE SURPRISING IN THE LEAST. >> WHAT
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IS CHINA DOING THAT WE ARE NOT? AMERICA'S STEREOTYPES CHINESE EDUCATION. THE CHINESE ARE TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM STANDARDS AND STANDARDIZED TESTING....
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I THINK THEY ARE NECESSARY. [INAUDIBLE] DIFFERENT STATES HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF LEARNING. [INAUDIBLE] >> [INAUDIBLE] >> OF
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RATHER TAKE A CHALLENGE THAN -- [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU START AT AN EARLY AGE -- [INAUDIBLE] YOU NEED TO BE READY FOR THAT CHALLENGE. >> THE MAIN
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THINK THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE ADVENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL. THERE ARE STANDARDS. THAT WAS INEVITABLE. EVERYBODY SHOULD AGREE ON WHAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT....
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THE ABSTRACT THINKING. THE ABILITY TO COMPREHEND THOSE NUMBERS. >> THAT
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IS EXACTLY THE POINT. SEE HOW THAT LEVEL OF THINKING IS THAT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN CAN USE OF THIS EQUATION? >> WE
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WANTED TO ALIGN OUR COURSES TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. "THE STATE ASSESSMENT DATA STARTED TO TELL US THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT WERE NOT PREPARED FOR...
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GREAT POPULATION DID VERY WELL COMPARED TO OUR NINTH AND 10TH GRADE POPULATION. WE LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT'S TAKING THE ALGEBRA I COURSE AND THEY...
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TO INSTRUCT TEACHERS HOW TO ATTRACT -- TEACH WELL. $2.5 MILLION WENT TO A UNIVERSITY IN FLORIDA IN MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION. >> THE FARTHER YOU GO...
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SCHOOL, THE FARTHER YOU GO AND LIE. AT A TIME WHEN OTHER COUNTRIES ARE COMPETING LIKE NEVER BEFORE, WHEN STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD IN BEIJING, CHINA,...
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KENNEDY INSPIRED? WHO KNOWS? WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE STATUS QUO IS NO LONGER AN OPTION GARY >> CODE TO STUDENTCAM.ORG
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AND WATCH ALL THE VIDEOS. >> >> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL"
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.