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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-880344.html

Calif. students need more tech training
Lisa M. Bowman, Staff Writer, CNET News.com

California's students are woefully unprepared for jobs in the high-tech field, according to a state body charged with improving the lives of residents through science and technology.
The California Council on Science and Technology issued a report Wednesday calling on schools from kindergarten to the graduate level to encourage more students to pursue math and science courses. "A major finding of (the report) was that the California labor market for science and engineering workers is increasingly tight and that California's educational system is not producing the science and engineering graduates needed to meet industry's growing requirement for skilled workers," the council wrote in its study.,,, At the K-12 level, the report recommends more support for science teachers in low-income areas and grants for science and technology education....



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