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Chapter 3 Title: Why America Hasn't Lost Yet: Strengths of American Education Although is has been eluded that America is a "nation at risk", the us ranked number 1 out of 131 countries on the 2007-08 Global Competitiveness Index. Computer and Internet industries are from the U.S. In 2003 the National Science Foundation reported a 40 percent increase in the number of college graduates between 1993 and 2003. The author poses the question: How could a "nation at risk" and a "generation of Americans that is scientifically and technologically illiterate" accomplish this? Strengths: Quote: What really matters, or what really helped the U.S. maitain its lead, may lie somewhere else, such as in the overall philosophical aproach to education,aggregation of all activities outside and inside the school, and how students and teachers treat one another. (Yong Zoah) Tallent Shows embrace a students individuality, and creativity, acceptance,diversity, adheres to Gardners multiple intelligences, community building, and boost self esteem. [] This is the url to Howard Gardner's views on multiple intelligences and education. Quote from Article:

Seven kinds of intelligence would allow seven ways to teach, rather than one. And powerful constraints that exist in the mind can be mobilized to introduce a particular concept (or whole system of thinking) in a way that children are most likely to learn it and least likely to distort it. Paradoxically, constraints can be suggestive and ultimately freeing. (//op. cit.//)

Mrs.Lippe's quote: Children are like popcorn. They all pop, some sooner, and some later, but in the end they all pop. Unfrotunately, this is not the mentality that most leaders and educators have. Showcasing students gifts and believing in and uplifting them have been replaced by you have to pass the test or you will fail. When did teachers and students become defined by a number? While we are moving towards educational reform that Asian countries have created, in turn these countries are taking a new approach that lessens the restraints on students and teachers. Why? Yong states because these countries know very well the damage that results from standardization and high-stake testing.