Today, over half of Chinas undergraduate degrees are in math, science technology and engineering, yet only 16 percent of Americas undergraduates pursue these schools. – Cathy McMorris
We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve as effective teachers. – Cathy McMorris
Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian, combined. – Cathy McMorris
I do see women voters shifting to the Republican Party and doing so significantly. And the issue thats doing this is the fear the federal government will prevail in making the Affordable Health Care Act permanent law and how that will hurt small businesses. – Cathy McMorris