The U.S.Technology Skills Gap -- Contents -- CIOs Speak -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One How Did We Get Here? -- Chapter 1 1941: The Subject We Love to Hate -- Math? Not for Me! -- "Minimize the Effect of Schooling" -- Young Adults with IQs of Eight‐Year‐Olds -- The Fall Continues -- President Roosevelt Understands Science -- An Opportunity Lost -- Americans Still Hate Math and Science -- Notes -- Chapter 2 1945: Operation Paperclip -- Nazis Hailed as "Outstanding" Scientists -- Germany's Rocket Man -- The Nazis Get to von Braun -- Time Magazine Paints a Dim Picture of von Braun -- America's Best Rocket: The Bazooka -- Shipped to America -- America Had Space Technology before the Soviets -- Germany Developed the Atomic Bomb First -- Notes -- Chapter 3 1950: Deming Says -- Deming Has an Idea -- The Lecture Series That Changed the Balance of the World Economy -- Japan Embraces, America Ignores -- Datsuns Arrive in Los Angeles -- American Business Leaders Finally Listen -- Lessons from Deming -- Can Total Quality Management Fix the American Education System? -- Notes -- Chapter 4 1952: Boomerang -- What It Means to Teach -- A Teacher Shortage Exacerbates the Educational Challenges -- Another Problem: Crumbling Infrastructure -- Media Critiques Begin -- Back in the USSR -- Boomers Perform Poorly on SATs -- Connecting the Dots -- The Boomerang Theory -- Notes -- Chapter 5 1962: Too Hard to Follow -- The Rationale for the Lunar Landing -- Kennedy in His Own Words -- "It's Just So Darn Hard" -- Students: Math and Science Are Irrelevant -- Culture Counts -- Industry Leaders Offer Advice -- Do Something about It -- American Students Not Measuring Up -- The Results, Please -- How to Do Something -- High School Seniors: No, Thank You -- Perception Is Reality: The Importance ofthe Guidance Counselor.

The STEM Pipeline Shrinks More in Higher Education -- Putting Words in the President's Mouth -- Notes -- Chapter 6 1962: Empires of the Mind -- Did You Know? -- The Shift Is On -- The Components of Yuasa's Phenomenon -- Fast‐Forward -- Yuasa's Phenomenon Arrives in America in 1920 -- Youth Rules -- Look to the East? -- Three Patents to the Win -- America's Innovation Ecosystem at Risk -- Does It Work for You? -- The World in 2050 -- Slip Sliding Away? -- Survival Is Not Compulsory -- Notes -- Chapter 7 1963: SAT Down -- The History of the SAT -- Asleep at the Wheel for 14 Years -- The College Entrance Examination Board Responds -- More Competition for the SAT -- Why the SAT Scores Dropped -- How to Get 100 More SAT Points -- Too Much Mediocrity -- Notes -- Chapter 8 1976: Too Many Chiefs -- A Tale of Two Documents -- Keep It Local -- The Great Society Era Ushers in Federal Involvement -- ESEA: Not All Things Considered -- Teacher Unions Create the U.S. Department of Education -- Did I Really Promise That? -- President Carter's Top 10 List -- Eight Years Is Too Short -- Reagan Shifts from Compliance to Competency -- Bush Sets Voluntary Education Goals -- Other Issues Get in the Way -- Clinton Unsuccessfully Shifts Education Goals from Voluntary to Compulsory -- No Child Left Behind Ushers in CompulsoryEducation Compliance -- Obama Is Stymied by Gridlocked Washington -- Close Down the U.S. Department of Education -- Notes -- Part Two And the Hits Just Keep on Coming -- Can You Hear Me Now? -- Road Trip -- The Eighth-Grade Focus -- Connect the Dots -- It Takes a Village That Cares -- The Warning System Works -- Notes -- Chapter 9 The Skills Gap Warnings Begin -- 1964: The First International Mathematics Study -- 1971: The First International Science Study -- 1971: The National Education Trust Fund -- 1978: The Nation's Report Card.

Four Performance Levels -- Little Ability -- 1982: The Second International Mathematics Study -- 1983: A Nation at Risk -- Deming's Unintended Consequence -- America Wasn't Better Off -- Time for Action -- The Report Strikes a National Nerve -- The Fifth Anniversary of A Nation at Risk -- The Tenth Anniversary Sees "Wobbly" Results -- Critics Raise Their Voices -- A Popular Indoor Sport -- Don't Blame the Teachers, It's the Kids' Responsibility -- The "Power of Persuasion" Is Not Enough -- A Joke or a Counterculture Antidote? -- The Twenty‐Fifth Anniversary: A Nation of Ostriches? -- You Be the Judge: Read the Report -- Challenge Your Colleagues -- 1985: Global Competition: The New Reality -- 1985: Corporate Classrooms: The Learning Business -- The University of Corporations -- Why Are Corporate Programs Necessary? -- An Incompetence Tax -- 1986: A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century -- 1987: Workforce 2000: Work and Workers for the Twenty‐first Century -- 1987: The National Science Foundation Annual ReportIntroduces STEM -- "Uninspired, Tedious, and Dull" -- The Godfather of STEM -- 1987: The Fourth R: Workforce Readiness, a Guide to Business Education Partnerships -- Shift Happens -- The Need for the Fourth R -- The Challenge to Business Leaders: Get Involved -- The Big Picture Develops -- 1989: Winning the Brain Race: A Bold Plan to Make Our Schools Competitive -- Not My Problem -- Coasting Rather Than Competing -- Restructure the Whole System -- Business Has to Set the Agenda -- A Joint Agenda Is Needed -- Notes -- Chapter 10 The Skills Gap Emerges -- 1990: America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages! -- A New Model Is Necessary -- The Choice Is Ours -- 1990: The Second International Science Study -- 1990: The National Assessment of Educational Progress -- Basically, a Poor Showing -- We're Number One-Not Yet!.

1993: John Sculley: "America Is Resource Poor" -- 1995: The Third International Mathematics and Science Study -- Different Measurement, Improved Ranking -- 1996: The National Assessment of Educational Progress -- Not Exactly Proficient -- Thorny Question: What to Test? -- 1999: New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century -- A Nation to Be Less Secure -- Read That List Again! -- Notes -- Chapter 11 The Skills Gap Widens -- 2000: Ensuring a Strong U.S. Scientific, Technical, and Engineering Workforce in the 21st Century -- Coming Up Short -- The H‐1B Visa Debate -- Ordinary People? -- What America Needs Is Answers -- 2000: Before It's Too Late -- Out of Their Field -- Let's Do It! -- 2000: The Programme for International Student Assessment -- Still in the Tracks of Their Peers -- The Newer the Test, The Worse the Result -- 2000: The National Assessment of Educational Progress Test -- Curiosity -- Our Ancestors Were Smarter -- 2002: Unraveling the Teacher Shortage Problem: Teacher Retention Is the Key -- Teacher Work Rules -- "Veterans" in Year Two -- Could Your Company Survive? -- A Better Question -- If We Build It, Will They Stay? -- Education Doesn't Get the Memo -- 2003: Building a Nation of Learners -- The New Necessary Skills -- The 64,000 Question -- 2004: Sustaining the Nation's Innovation Ecosystem -- Doctors Needed! -- With Apologies to Bill and Steve -- The More, the Better -- 2005: Losing the Competitive Advantage: The Challenge for Science and Technology in America -- Resting on Our Laurels -- Has America Lost Its Lead in Information Technology? -- Don't Be Surprised -- 2005: The Knowledge Economy: Is the United States Losing Its Competitive Edge? -- 2005: The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century -- 2005: Rising above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future.

Setting the Stage -- Flying above the Gathering Storm -- Three Big Ideas -- Show Me the Money -- Is the America COMPETES Act Our Country's National Technology Strategy? -- Homework -- 2005: The National Assessment of Educational Progress -- Let Me "C" -- 2006: Teachers and the Uncertain American Future -- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow -- Six Bold Recommendations -- More Trust -- 2006: The Quiet Crisis: Falling Short in Producing American Scientific and Technical Talent -- 2007: We Are Still Losing Our Competitive Advantage: Now Is the Time to Act -- Congressional Gridlock Threatens America's Future -- Still Waiting after All These Years -- 2007: How the World's Best‐Performing School Systems Come Out on Top -- Don't Show Me the Money -- The Holy Grail -- The Puzzle Comes Together -- Release the Scores -- 2007: Into the Eye of the Storm: Assessing the Evidence on Science and Engineering Education, Quality, and Workforce Demand -- More Than Enough Smarts -- Who Cares about Comparisons to Singapore and Norway? -- Major Industrialized Nations Outperform the United States, Too -- My Method of Madness -- The Wrong Questions -- 2007: Tough Choices or Tough Times -- Mind the Gap -- What's the Problem? Change the Schools -- Setting an Agenda -- 2007: The Role of Education Quality in Economic Growth -- Smarts Count -- The Four Pillars of Quality Education -- The Quality of America's Education System -- 2008: Foundations for Success: The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel -- What Must Be Taught? -- The Devil in the Details -- 2008: "Lessons from 40 Years of Education Reform" -- 2009: Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant: Asian Nations Set to Dominate the Clean Energy Race by Out-Investing the United States -- Makes Cents -- United States to Be Net Importer of Clean Energy Technology in the Future -- Don't Throw Out Those Currency Converters!.

2009: The CIO Executive Council's Youth and Technology Careers Survey.