For Release: 2008-09-02 09:34:00
Bob Compton, executive producer of Two Million Minutes, a film about how the three superpowers of the 21st century –– China, India and the United States –– are preparing their students for the future, is the next guest on One to One with Bill Goodman. The program airs Sunday, Sept. 14 at 1 p.m./noon CT on KET1 and Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 7:30/6:30 p.m. CT on KET2.Two Million Minutes (the number of minutes in one’s life during four years of high school) follows six students, a boy and a girl from each country, to find out how they allocate their time during their senior year. The film addresses what many are calling a crisis for U.S. schools regarding chronically low scores in math and science.
On One to One, Compton, a venture capital investor, talks about what sparked his interest in global competitiveness in education. He noticed that the companies he invested in began sending their high-wage, high-talent technical jobs to India and China. After visiting schools in India and speaking to teenagers the same age as his daughters, Compton realized that high school students in the U.S. are two to three years behind their Indian peers in math, physics, world history and many other subjects.
Compton discusses factors that contribute to U.S. students falling behind, including time spent watching television, length of the school year, athletics and the number of activities in a student’s schedule.
Finally, Compton offers solutions to making American students more competitive in the global market and explains why education should be a major issue in the current presidential campaign.
One to One with Bill Goodman is a KET production, produced by Goodman and Cindy Asher. Following the broadcast, One to One is available for on-demand videostream viewing at www.ket.org/onetoone and podcasting at www.ket.org/rss. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.
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