Both sides of the political spectrum believe that American frailty in the classroom foretells our economic doom relative to other nations where students perform much better.

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In the U.S., debates about science and religion in the classroom tend to focus on American public high schools, where local school boards argue about Darwin and the Bible.

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Yet the other path, of advancing unqualified students willy-nilly through the academic ranks, has left thousands of American pupils ill-prepared for life beyond the classroom.

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On Tuesday, the President will travel to Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas, to deliver remarks urging Congress to pass the American Jobs Act now to keep teachers in the classroom, rebuild our schools across the nation, and put money in the pockets of working Americans, while not adding a dime to the deficit.

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Like many an American business mogul, Shigeta did not spring forth from a classroom.

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Nearly three-quarters stated that the program gave them skills to succeed in the classroom, no small benefit given that 25% of American public high school students drop out before graduation.

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He complains that because Asians, blacks, Hispanics and American Indians have all successfully won more space in the curriculum, there is less classroom time to recognise the contributions of others.

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"I've never quite seen anything that has shocked the consciousness of the American people like 6- and 7-year-old kids being riddled with bullets in a classroom, ... in an area that was considered to be immune to this kind of behavior and had done everything that seemed logical ... to protect children in that school, " Biden said Friday.

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So he proposed in the American Jobs Act that Congress should take action, that together we should take action to help return teachers to the classroom.

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