Sunday, November 14, 2010
Ed Week Nov. 3rd
"Obama Plays Cheerleader for STEM" This article focuses on the effort the President is making to keep eduction in the spotlight. It is easy with all the issues facing him, many with much more apparent urgency to push education into the background. It's nice to see Obama not doing that. Of course their are the cynics who say he's only doing it because it's a "soft" issue that can make him look good. I don't believe Obama is that kind of person. Everything he and his wife have said and done make it clear that education and young people in general are very important to them. I just hope that members of both parties wake up and start paying attention to the importance of education in this country. If we just spent 10 percent of the money and effort that we have wasted on stupid and unnecessary wars since World War II we would clearly have the best educational system in the world, with a literacy rate above 90 percent and a high school graduation rate of over 80 percent.
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I agree with your view of why President Obama hosted the winners of a science fair at the White House - that he does genuinely support STEM education. But i also understand the concerns described in the article; will there actually be money for STEM education in the budget and why wasn't student achievement in science included in the ESEA's accountability framework? Whether the president's interest in STEM education is genuine or not may not really matter; what matters is that it must be supported by policy actions, not just White House publicity events.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see what happens with STEM funding in the future. In the mean time I am enjoying all the grant opportunities to start Robotics programs and other science and math related activities after school!
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