President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative aims to strengthen education in the U.S. by improving math and science education, foreign language studies, and high schools.
Overview, Reports, Events
- American Competitiveness Summit Webcast (Sep 18, 2007)
- American Competitiveness Initiative (Feb 2007)
- Report of the Academic Competitiveness Council (May 2007)
- Answering the Challenge of a Changing World (Feb 2006)
Report
PDF
(7.5MB) | Press Release
| Fact Sheet - American Competitiveness Initiative (2006)
- Secretary Testifies on Competitiveness (Apr 2006)
Video
- Hear Secretary Spellings talk about competitiveness, rigorous coursework and math, and U.S. students performance in math and science.
- Visit California Academy of Math and Science, a Long Beach magnet school where 95% of graduates—primarily inner-city, low-income, at-risk students—go on to four-year colleges and universities. (March 2007)
Programs and Initiatives
- Academic Competitiveness and National SMART Grants
- National Mathematics Advisory Panel
- National Security Language Initiative
- Math Now: Elementary and Middle School
- Adjunct Teacher Corps
- Expanding the Advanced Placement Incentive Program
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