During his election campaign, Obama talked a lot about science and technology and admitted that "America is lagging behind in innovation" * This is especially true against the background of the strengthening of China and India in the field of technology * In his victory speech this morning, he mentioned again, among other things, that he would take care of the improvement of the education system in the United States. B.
The president-elect of the United States, Barack Obama, briefly addressed his priorities this morning, in everything related to the future of the United States as a power. He intends to invest huge sums and improve the public education system in the USA. It was a short reference, but as you saw in the series "McCain or Obama who is better for scienceIn the five chapters that we brought last week, right before the elections, he has an opinion on every subject related to science, and in particular stem cells, the study of evolution and space exploration, but first and foremost, he is concerned about the US lagging behind China and India, and he wants to make sure that the qualitative gap between The USA will be saved.
Here are things he wrote before the elections and were published on several technology and science websites: "Ensuring the continued leadership of the US in the world of science and technology will be a high priority in my administration. Our talents in innovation are the envy of the world, but we face significant challenges that require a new approach. For example, the US annually imports advanced technology products for $53 billion more than we export."
"China has become the largest high-tech exporter. This competitive situation may worsen over time because the number of American students choosing technology careers is in decline. The USA ranks 17th among developed countries in terms of university graduates with degrees in science and engineering. We were in third place thirty years ago."
"My administration will increase funding in basic research in life sciences and the exact sciences, mathematics and engineering at a rate that will double basic research budgets over the next decade. We will increase research grants for researchers at the beginning of their careers to ensure that young scientists enter these fields. We will increase support for high-risk but also high-reward research in our scientific agencies. We will also invest in groundbreaking research that we need to meet the energy challenges and upgrade our defense programs."
"Stable research and development programs to encourage talented people to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and give them the necessary support to reach their potential. My administration will work to ensure that students have access to strong science studies in all grades so that graduates know how science works, using advanced IT technologies."
"As president, I will establish a scholarship program that will pay undergraduate and graduate students who dedicate themselves to teaching students in schools to replace the missing teachers, and I will give first priority to math and science teachers. In addition, my proposal to establish academies for teaching mathematics and science that will train thousands of teachers. I will also reform access to higher education, work to attract more students to science and engineering, and increase National Science Foundation grants. My proposal to provide broadband Internet connectivity to all Americans will help ensure that more and more students can increase their achievement in science, technology, engineering and math."
"Advances in science and technology must be backed up by programs that will ensure that US businesses have a strong interest in turning this innovation into business opportunities and jobs. To do this, my administration will make the research and development tax breaks permanent.”
בYadan 2008 US elections You can read about the opinions of Obama and McCain on various issues related to science, including: funding projects, the space program, stem cells and the study of evolution. The series was published the week before the elections.
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A small and important detail from Obama's victory speech:
When he listed the challenges facing his administration, the issue of environmental quality appeared (his words were something along the lines of "the planet is in danger...") in second place (!) after the two wars.
In my opinion, he has a unique opportunity to call on the nation (in the style of Kennedy's "Moon Speech") to mobilize and do what is necessary to get rid of dependence on fossil fuels - and do it in a significantly shorter period than the period we are talking about today.
A nation that managed to put a man on the moon in a decade, may be able to accomplish such a major task in a decade and a half or even less.
Oh! Ha! who is this coming The next president of the United States!
Congratulations and good luck to Barack Obama. He is a king! And who will give and he will make a change
Avi:
It is better to take them out of the education cave and introduce them into the education system 🙂