True, "we must demand strong schools so that young Americans enter the workforce with the math, science and problem-solving skills they need to succeed in the knowledge economy."
ALSO true: "We must also make it easier for foreign-born scientists and engineers to work for U.S. companies."
What hurts US workers is letting US companies pay these immigrant workers LESS than US born engineers and scientists.
WHY?
Because the world is flat.
Our economy MUST continue to be strong, and to do that, we need the best minds here.
This was also in a LinkedIn Question that Bill posed this week.
I didn't know then that he had tied his question about US education with immigration. In my answer I basically said that "lab" or hands-on project based education was the way to go, which is what he said in this OP-ED piece... weird.
In our work at the department, we are looking for ways to innovate the educational process, in our daily work, and as a regulatory agency for schools in our state.
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