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Title: Remarks of Senator Barack Obama - National Education Association Annual Meeting Post by: Stephen Taylor on July 16, 2007, 07:09:02 AM Remarks of Senator Barack Obama - National Education Association Annual Meeting, New Hampshire Pols
We now live in a world where the most valuable skill you can sell is knowledge. Revolutions in technology and communication have created an entire economy of high-tech, high-wage jobs that can be located anywhere there’s an internet connection. And today, a child in Philadelphia is not only competing for jobs with one in Boston, but thousands more in Bangalore and Beijing who are being educated longer and better than ever before. In the 21st century, countries who out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow, and America is already in danger of falling behind. We now have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation. By 12th grade, our children score lower on their math and science tests than most other kids in the developed world. Sixty percent of African-American fourth graders are unable to read at a basic level, and today only 9% of low-income students will graduate from college. Read More.. (http://campaignsandelections.com/nh/releases/index.cfm?ID=1780) |