He said: "But one of the things that everybody needs to understand is, is that across the board... you are still seeing a decline in terms... of math and science performance. And one of the things that we are very excited about -- because we need to focus on math and science -- my administration is announcing that we are going to specifically focus on training 10,000 new math and science teachers . We've got to boost performance in that area. We used to rank at the top; we are now 21st in science, 25th in math. That is a sign of long-term decline that has to be reversed. And so we're going to be putting a big emphasis on math and science education , and part of that means getting better teachers . But part of it also means parents understanding, yeah, their kids need to excel in those subjects in particular." (emphasis/highlighting added)
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