"High-Tech Leaders: America Needs Better Math, Science Education"

Science and math education were among the top concerns voiced at a recent White House forum on the future of technology held by President Bush that included over 100 IT executives. Consensus from the participants--which included luminaries such as Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, and AOL Time Warner CEO Steve Case--was that a better math and science program for students would benefit both the national economy and strengthen security, since foreign workers would not be needed for critical positions.

President Bush said that broadband rollout also played a roll in education, and cited an example in Texas where a well-to-do school district was partnered with a poorer one via broadband link-ups. He said the creation of the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology would also help steer policy on broadband rollout.

The No Child Left Behind education reform law provides $160 million this year for a Mathematics and Science Partnerships program, the first installment in a $1 billion, five-year push to bolster math and science partnerships between higher education and secondary and elementary schools.
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