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[[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] TO PREPARE THE CORE OF SKILLED WORKFORCE OF FUTURE

[[circled]] 3 [[/circled]] MORE BROADLY, CREATE SCI LITERATE CITIZENS
  SO THEY CAN: - UNDERSTAND ISSUES
               - VOTE RESPONSIBLY
               - MAKE INSTILL DECISION ABOUT THEIR LIVES + COMMUNICATION

+ [[circled]] 4 [[/circled]] (MOST IMP): GIVE EVERY CHILD OPP TO SUCCEED + ACHIEVE POTENTIAL [FORECLOSE OPTIONS]

US IS FACING SHORTAGE of sci/ENG
  - AGING STEM WORKFORCE
  - 8 of 10 FASTEST GROWING JOBS -> STEM SKILLS
  - 80% of JOBS IN NEXT DECADE -> SOME MATH/sci

=> NOT GRADUATING ENOUGH IN sci/ENG (BACKENDS)
  (NEED 4X # of ENG. TO MEET DEMAND)

=> FURTHER, WOMEN STILL SIG. UNDER-REP
  (11Ish %, 20% of sci)
  GETTING BETTER, BUT STILL UNDER REP IN COLLEGE
  [[right margin, arrow pointing from prev]] [ENG = 20% PHYS = 22%  [[/right margin]]

LOSE SOME IN COLLEGE, BUT NOT ENUF H.S. STUDENTS EXPRESS INTEREST
  PROB STARTS < H.S.

[[left margin, in box]] GOOD NEWS [[/left margin]]

=> BUT GOOD NEWS:
ELEM SCHOOL
  68% BOYS
  66% GIRLS
     2 GOOD MS
     -2/3 OF [[KI??]]
     - GIRLS = [[BOYS?]] 

[[left margin, in box]] BUT THEN [[/left margin]]
BUT THEN (5TH-8TH) START TO LOSE THEM [BOTH; BUT># GIRLS.