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APPENDIX A Some Perspectives
APPENDIX A Some Perspectives
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. in today's integrated and digitized global market, where knowledge and innovation tools are so widely distributed.
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• It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and work to " restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology." President Barack Obama • The greatest long-term threat to U.S. national security is not terrorists " wielding a nuclear or biological weapon, but the erosion of America's place as a world leader in science and technology." Gordon England, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense • "So many of the great inventions in the past in the United States came from labs like IBM and Bell Labs and so on.
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" Jay Leno, Entertainer • "The search for talent and knowledge has gone global at a dizzying rate." William E Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland • "For decades the United States has enjoyed unquestioned leadership in vari ous technologies required for military superiority.
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. I firmly believe that science is the ultimate revolution." Wen Jiabao, Premier, People's Republic of China • My partners and I found the best fuel cells, the best energy storage, and the " best wind technologies were all born outside the United States…we need to restock the cupboard or be left behind." John Doerr, Partner, Kleiner Perkins HUMAN CAPITAL • If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it " expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson • When I compare our high schools to what I see when I'm traveling abroad, " I'm terrified for our workforce of tomorrow." Bill Gates, Founder, Microsoft Corp.
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High wage jobs are only going to be cre ated by people who can acquire knowledge." Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush • I know that talking about (K-12) standards can make people nervous, but " the notion that we have 50 different goal posts is absolutely ridiculous." Arne Duncan, United States Secretary of Education • The growing education deficit is no less a threat to our nation's long-term " well-being than the current fiscal crisis." Gaston Caperton, President of the College Board • "This (K-12 performance)
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We're working " in the best interest of the teachers." David Spohn, President, Hudson (Ohio) Education Association • If present conditions continue, the highest demographic shift in the 21st " century will be in Asia -- which will soon have the best engineers and doctors -- and more specifically, China." The Dilenschneider Group • When someone tells you that ‘Oh, math is not really my thing,' respond " back, ‘and working at McDonald's isn't mine.'" Danny Crichton, Stanford University Student • A decade ago, only one in a hundred leading Chinese scientists in the " United States would have considered returning (to China)
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There are no good jobs for high school drop outs. Indeed, there's nothing much for high school grads." Arne Duncan, United States Secretary of Education • "College is more valuable to the future economy than petroleum." Gregg Easterbrook, Author • "An investment in education, designed to improve and increase students' skills, is the best and most effective strategy for stimulating economic recovery." Professor Eric Hanushek, Stanford University • .
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• Folks, we're in trouble. If we were in private business, we'd be out of " business." Kenneth Burnley, CEO of the Detroit Public Schools • The United States now ranks 25th among 30 industrialized countries in " math.
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Keith Harrison, Global Product Supply Officer, Procter & Gamble • "Patents are only important if you plan on being successful." Sherman McCorkle, President, Technology Venture Corporation • "United States [helicopter] firms are increasingly finding themselves at a disadvantage in the world market when they have to compete against the all-new products of their non-United States competitors." Forecast International • At this rate .
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" Bill Gates, Founder, Microsoft Corporation • .
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. the time for a remedy that puts Americans back to work, jump-starts " our economy and invests in lasting growth is now." President Barack Obama • "A gradual flow of economic power from West to East has turned into a flood." The New York Times • " .
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Augustine, Retired Chairman & CEO, Lockheed Martin Corp. • "The 19th century belonged to England, the 20th century belonged to the United States, and the 21st century belongs to China.
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