We built schools and focused on the teaching of math and science.

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The last member of the group, a slight, nervous-seeming man with a grey goatee had retired this past summer after 40 years of teaching math in a Fort Worth high school.

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Opponents may say that a focus on behavioral skills will detract from the teaching of core competencies such as math and science.

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Under the leadership of an outstanding Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, we launched a Race to the Top, through which states compete for funding by committing to reform and raising standards, by rewarding good teaching, by supporting the development of better assessments to measure results, and by emphasizing math and science to help prepare children for college and careers.

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And, as I learned from Hastings at the stellar Education Innovation Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, the former math teacher has used his teaching, technology, and entertainment industry experience to understand the future of education too.

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