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Titolo: Obama scommette sulla ricerca, sugli insegnanti e sulla scuola.

Obama scommette sulla ricerca, sugli insegnanti e sulla scuola.
Questa la ricetta per uscire dalla crisi, come enunciata nell'ultimo 
Discorso sullo Stato dell'Unione.
Nessun giornale italiano ha dato il giusto rilievo al programma "Race to the 
top" per la riqualificazione della scuola pubblica, così ho pensato di fare 
cosa buona e giusta riportando i passi in tal senso più significativi del 
discorso.
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We are home to the world's best colleges and universities, where more 
students come to study than any other place on Earth.
[...]
Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a 
satellite called Sputnik¸ we had no idea how we'd beat them to the moon. The 
science wasn't there yet. NASA didn't even exist. But after investing in 
better research and education, we didn't just surpass the Soviets; we 
unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of 
new jobs.
[...]
Maintaining our leadership in research and technology is crucial to 
America's success. But if we want to win the future – if we want innovation 
to produce jobs in America and not overseas – then we also have to win the 
race to educate our kids.
Think about it. Over the next ten years, nearly half of all new jobs will 
require education that goes beyond a high school degree. And yet, as many as 
a quarter of our students aren't even finishing high school. The quality of 
our math and science education lags behind many other nations. America has 
fallen to 9th in the proportion of young people with a college degree. And 
so the question is whether all of us – as citizens, and as parents – are 
willing to do what's necessary to give every child a chance to succeed.
That responsibility begins not in our classrooms, but in our homes and 
communities. It's family that first instills the love of learning in a 
child. Only parents can make sure the TV is turned off and homework gets 
done. We need to teach our kids that it's not just the winner of the Super 
Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair; that 
success is not a function of fame or PR, but of hard work and discipline.
Our schools share this responsibility. When a child walks into a classroom, 
it should be a place of high expectations and high performance. But too many 
schools don't meet this test. That's why instead of just pouring money into 
a system that's not working, we launched a competition called Race to the 
Top. To all fifty states, we said, "If you show us the most innovative plans 
to improve teacher quality and student achievement, we'll show you the 
money."
Race to the Top is the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a 
generation. For less than one percent of what we spend on education each 
year, it has led over 40 states to raise their standards for teaching and 
learning. These standards were developed, not by Washington, but by 
Republican and Democratic governors throughout the country. And Race to the 
Top should be the approach we follow this year as we replace No Child Left 
Behind with a law that is more flexible and focused on what's best for our 
kids.
You see, we know what's possible for our children when reform isn't just a 
top-down mandate, but the work of local teachers and principals; school 
boards and communities.
Take a school like Bruce Randolph in Denver. Three years ago, it was rated 
one of the worst schools in Colorado; located on turf between two rival 
gangs. But last May, 97% of the seniors received their diploma. Most will be 
the first in their family to go to college. And after the first year of the 
school's transformation, the principal who made it possible wiped away tears 
when a student said "Thank you, Mrs. Waters, for showing… that we are smart 
and we can make it."
Let's also remember that after parents, the biggest impact on a child's 
success comes from the man or woman at the front of the classroom. In South 
Korea, teachers are known as "nation builders." Here in America, it's time 
we treated the people who educate our children with the same level of 
respect. We want to reward good teachers and stop making excuses for bad 
ones. And over the next ten years, with so many Baby Boomers retiring from 
our classrooms, we want to prepare 100,000 new teachers in the fields of 
science, technology, engineering, and math.
In fact, to every young person listening tonight who's contemplating their 
career choice: If you want to make a difference in the life of our nation; 
if you want to make a difference in the life of a child – become a teacher. 
Your country needs you.
Of course, the education race doesn't end with a high school diploma. To 
compete, higher education must be within reach of every American. That's why 
we've ended the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies that went to banks, and used 
the savings to make college affordable for millions of students. And this 
year, I ask Congress to go further, and make permanent our tuition tax 
credit – worth $10,000 for four years of college.
Because people need to be able to train for new jobs and careers in today's 
fast-changing economy, we are also revitalizing America's community 
colleges. Last month, I saw the promise of these schools at Forsyth Tech in 
North Carolina. Many of the students there used to work in the surrounding 
factories that have since left town. One mother of two, a woman named Kathy 
Proctor, had worked in the furniture industry since she was 18 years old. 
And she told me she's earning her degree in biotechnology now, at 55 years 
old, not just because the furniture jobs are gone, but because she wants to 
inspire her children to pursue their dreams too. As Kathy said, "I hope it 
tells them to never give up."
If we take these steps – if we raise expectations for every child, and give 
them the best possible chance at an education, from the day they're born 
until the last job they take – we will reach the goal I set two years ago: 
by the end of the decade, America will once again have the highest 
proportion of college graduates in the world.
One last point about education. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of 
students excelling in our schools who are not American citizens. Some are 
the children of undocumented workers, who had nothing to do with the actions 
of their parents. They grew up as Americans and pledge allegiance to our 
flag, and yet live every day with the threat of deportation. Others come 
here from abroad to study in our colleges and universities. But as soon as 
they obtain advanced degrees, we send them back home to compete against us. 
It makes no sense 

 Discorso sullo Stato dell'Unione.
E ci scommette con i soldi suoi... i soldi degli americani... i soldi di 
chi?
Visto che in America la scuola pubblica è marginale nel sistema 
dell'istruzione.
Nel senso che la classe dirigente del paese nella scuola pubblica non ci ha 
messo piede nemmeno all'asilo.
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a noi della classe dirigente ce ne frega poco...
noi (e voi) nn ne faremo mai parte...
quindi viva l'investimento in ciň che riguarda la fetta piů grande del 
paese...
faq!!! 

 faq!!!
iu
.. 

 Obama scommette sulla ricerca, sugli insegnanti e sulla scuola.
http://www.slate.com/id/2247300/
a.

E ci scommette con i soldi suoi... i soldi degli americani... i soldi di
chi?
I soldi dei petrolieri. Se lo hai letto, il discorso (ma sarebbe meglio 
chiamarlo progetto) si articola in diverse parti. L'aumento delle energie 
rinnovabili e un maggior rendimento delle centrali termonucleari dovrebbero 
consentire al Paese di portare a un milione il parco auto elettriche 
circolanti e liberarsi in parte dalla schiavitù petrolifera. Questo 
consentirà di abolire i privilegi fiscali dei petrolieri e spingere 
l'investimento su due fronti: scuola pubblica, oggi ritenuta indegna di un 
grande Paese, e rinnovo delle infrastrutture, oggi inferiori a quelle dei 
paesi asiatici e persino di qualche paese europeo. Quindi lavori pubblici, 
con una rete di treni veloci entro il 2025, e un sistema di istruzione 
pubblica in grado di integrare anche i figli dell'immigrazione irregolare.
Ovvio che si tratta di soluzioni degli americani e per gli americani, non 
importabili tali e quali nel nostro Paese. Se le ho postate è per due 
motivi: 1) perché nessun giornale italiano ha dato del discorso di Obama una 
corretta lettura; 2) per aggiungere anche gli USA alla lunga lista dei Paesi 
che stanno investendo pesantemente nell'istruzione, in netta controtendenza 
con l'Italia che destina ad essa sempre minori risorse.
-pa- 

 dell'istruzione.
Obama lo sa benissimo, e guarda abbastanza in là per vedere il momento
in cui il sistema sociale americano non potrà più contare sui laureati
delle scuole pubbliche del resto del mondo.
-- 
    Maurizio Pistone         strenua nos exercet inertia    Hor.
 
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http://www.slate.com/id/2247300/
Sarebbe stato molto interessante leggere le considerazioni di Alessandro 
Coricelli sul tema.
-- 
Paolo Fasce
Pensieri sottobanco
La scuola raccontata alla mia gatta
http://www.erickson.it/erickson/product.do?id=2242

dell'istruzione.
Dove sta scritto che Obama parlava della scuola PUBBLICA?
 

noi (e voi) nn ne faremo mai parte...
Solo che subiremo quello che fa. Io haggio mangiato, del resto me ne
frego.

Coricelli sul tema.
Magari guardare la storia: gia' due volte gli Stati Uniti hanno fatto
un salto di qualita' rinforzando la scuola.