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February 9, 2006
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings described the need for improvements in math and science education while testifying in Washington before the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee.
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Transcript: We must make our high schools more rigorous and encourage students to take more advanced math and science classes.
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Transcript: Employers today need workers with 'pocket protector skills', creative problem solvers with strong math and science backgrounds. Whether children want to be auto mechanics or cancer researchers, they must have these skills.
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Transcript: We need to do for math what we've done for reading, by building a scientific research base of classroom practices that are proven to work.
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