President Obama interview for Education Nation — transcript
Here’s the transcript of an interview that President Obama gave to NBC News and that was aired on Tuesday during the network’s 2012 Education Nation Summit.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney also gave an interview at the summit, which you can read here.
During the interview Obama says something that many critics say we don’t hear nearly enough from him: “Part of the problem we've got is we've got a very diverse country. Compared to some — 
(Jin Lee/BLOOMBERG)these smaller countries, where all the kids are coming to school pretty well prepared, they're not hungry, they're not poor — in our country, we — you know, we've got poor
(Jin Lee/BLOOMBERG)these smaller countries, where all the kids are coming to school pretty well prepared, they're not hungry, they're not poor — in our country, we — you know, we've got poor
Mitt Romney at Education Nation — transcript
Here’s a transcript of Gov. Mitt Romney talking on Tuesday with NBC News anchor Brian Williams about education at the network’s “Education Nation” Summit in New York.
Highlights include a segment when an audience member points out a poll which shows that New York City parents support the teachers union, and Romney says: “I don't believe it for a minute. I don't believe it for a minute. I know something about polls.”
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Highlights include a segment when an audience member points out a poll which shows that New York City parents support the teachers union, and Romney says: “I don't believe it for a minute. I don't believe it for a minute. I know something about polls.”
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What do SAT, ACT scores really mean?
The big news in the world of college entrance exams — that would be the SAT and the ACT — is that the scores from the high school class of 2012 were disappointing.
Newly released reading scores on the SAT hit a four-decade low, and writing scores edged down too, while math scores were essentially unchanged from last year. SAT average scores have declined by 20 points since 2006, when the test was revised to include a writing section.
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Newly released reading scores on the SAT hit a four-decade low, and writing scores edged down too, while math scores were essentially unchanged from last year. SAT average scores have declined by 20 points since 2006, when the test was revised to include a writing section.
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Science professors biased against females — study
A new Yale University study shows that bias against women persists in the sciences — in this case, at the university level, where science professors of both sexes were found to rate males as “significantly more competent and hireable” than equally qualified female applicants.
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