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Meeting the Education Challenge
Pages 131-138

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From page 131...
... We are told over and over that only 10 percent of the high school graduates who apply are qualified to be hired by companies like Motorola, even for an entry-level job. This is because they do not have the kind of thinking skills, problem-solving skills, or quantitative skills needed in today's factory.
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From page 132...
... 3. Last but not least, we have seen the discouraging results of the Third International Math and Science Study, the TIMSS report.
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From page 133...
... Instead, today's tests tend to emphasize rote learning and the regurgitation of facts and vocabulary, which will not drive the economy of tomorrow. The fourth focus area addresses the central issue of curriculum.
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From page 134...
... So let me talk about one use that the Academy is making of the Internet to encourage scientists to be effective in their local schools. Last year, our RISE program, Resources for Involving Scientists in Education, launched a Web site that contains a huge amount of advice from scientists who have been effective in their local schools.
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From page 135...
... A compilation describing all of the best elementary school science curricula has been put together by the National Science Resources Center. Again, it is available on our World Wide Web site.
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From page 136...
... There are also experiments in developing asynchronous learning networks, through which high school teachers are teaching courses on the Internet to students all around the country. There is an organization called the Concord Consortium, led by Bob Tinker in Concord, Massachusetts, that is teaching the teachers how to use the Web in this way.
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From page 137...
... What the Academies have been doing is distributing career booklets through the Web and by mail. Our Careers in Science and Engineering emphasizes all of the different careers that are possible with a background in science, including precollege teaching.
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... It was developed out of a senior thesis written by a Princeton University student named Wendy Kopp. She shopped her ideas for a new teacher training program around and was unable to get government support for it.
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