Barack Obama on Sept. 27 that U.S. students lag behind foreign students, especially in math and science, this situation must change, because the United States depends on the future of American education reform. The day Obama announced within the next two years of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to recruit 10,000 teachers.
Learning time should be extended
Mediocre teachers should be “class”
Obama told NBC’s “Today” show interview, made the appeal. The media here that the value of the new school year begins, Obama Bianxiang American students and teachers issued a “tough love” message: Students in school time should be extended, unqualified teachers should be “class.” This shows that the United States with strategic issues of education that the strong sense of crisis and urgency.
According to American Council on Education Statistics, the average U.S. high school students class time per year is 180 days. In Japan, Korea, Germany and New Zealand, low-grade students class time for the annual average of 197 days, compared to 196 days for senior students. Obama says that means losing a lot of American students access to education.
Obama said the teaching profession should be the same as in China and other countries are highly respected. He said the teachers union will work together with the United States to change the status quo. He also stressed that the teachers union should not be rigid, 1 / 3 of the status of children drop out of school can not continue, teachers should not resist change. He expressed support for the enterprising teacher “fired.”
A serious lack of power
Education is lagging behind
Obama said his two daughters in Washington, DC public schools if the school would not have been present in private schools by their high-quality education. He said that Washington DC public school system is “struggling”, it and has been poor because of student achievement and high dropout rates has been criticized.
For some time, the U.S. Education in a public hot topic. American “Newsweek” recently launched the “world’s best 100 countries” list, from the level of education, health care, quality of life, economic vitality, and political aspects of the environment 5 Ranking, the U.S. ranked eleventh. The report triggered debate in American society, it was noted that the United States spent so much money on education reform with little success, because almost unspeakable, that is, the lack of American students learning motivation. No power, no matter how good the teachers did not help. Because some of motivation is the lack of traditional values in the collapse of popular psychology unearned riches. Many students do not like school, do not want to study hard. A survey conducted in 2008 showed that 21% of people believe that students absenteeism is a serious problem, 29% of people think that students are very cold.
Education system in the United States to reflect on, it was pointed out that American education, economic competitiveness, infrastructure, etc. The reason is backward, because the government urged people not to make the necessary sacrifices, the Americans hope that all solutions must be ” painless. ” 10 years, the American educational system is not the best students to Silicon Valley to develop the computer, but to the development of financial products on Wall Street, and then tell the average American, they do not have savings and investment, can be “sleight of hand tricks” type to profit. The reason why China and other countries to catch up, because most Chinese students have a strong motivation for learning, government and education for parents to really invest in the future. If the American students the “power” problems are not resolved, the United States is still ranked only eleventh.
In fact, the formation of the defects of American education is not achieved overnight. The U.S. government has also formulated over the past education reform plan, but did not materialize, in which an obstacle is lack of funds, some funds are tight for a longer school year, the state unable to pay the expenses. Idea of extending the school year throughout the United States also opposed by some parents, because in the summer, “The kids want to swim, the parents would like to vacation.”
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