Third World America - Arianna Huffington [102]
80 Like any number of agencies charged with protecting: Harry Shearer, “Fixing the Responder, Ignoring the Cause,” 25 Nov. 2008, www.huffingtonpost.com.
81 Instead of fulfilling its responsibility to build: Harry Shearer, “New Orleans: Where Accountability Failed, Liability Follows,” 19 Nov. 2009, www.huffingtonpost.com.
82 The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, infrastructurereportcard.org.
83 Over the next ten years, there will be a five-hundredfold: “Fixing America’s Crumbling Infrastructure,” Free Enterprise: News and Views from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Jul. 2008, www.uschambermagazine.com.
84 Federal Communications Commission chair Julius Genachowski explains: “National Broadband Plan: Consumer Survey Results Are In,” 23 Feb. 2010, www.brookings.edu.
85 In a study of 120 countries, researchers found: Iain Morris, “Resilience Amid Turmoil: Benchmarking IT Industry Competitiveness 2009,” Sept. 2009, www.economist.com.
86 Even a farmer these days needs high-speed Internet: “National Broadband Plan: Consumer Survey Results Are In,” 23 Feb. 2010, www.brookings.edu.
87 In 2001, the United States ranked fourth among: Jerome Cukier, “Internet Penetration—Who’s Online?” OECD Factblog, 12 Feb. 2010, www.oecd.org.
88 Over one hundred million Americans still: Julius Genachowski, “America’s 2020 Broadband Vision,” 18 Feb. 2010, www.huffingtonpost.com.
89 And while 83 percent of college graduates: John Horrigan, “Home Broadband Adoption 2009,” Pew Research Center, Jun. 2009, www.pewinternet.org.
90 To help close the widening gap: Tony Romm, “FCC Unveils Executive Summary of National Broadband Plan,” 15 Mar. 2010, www.thehill.com.
91 although the National Education Association estimates: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, www.infrastructurereportcard.org.
92 Among thirty developed countries ranked: Alliance for Excellent Education, “How Does the United States Stack Up? International Comparisons of Academic Achievement,” www.all4ed.org.
93 Even the top 10 percent: Stéphane Baldi et al., “Highlights from PISA 2006: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Science and Mathematics Literacy in an International Context,” National Center for Education Statistics, 4 Dec. 2007, www.nces.ed.gov.
94 A National Assessment of Educational Progress report found: National Assessment of Educational Progress, “The Nation’s Report Card,” 2009, www.nationsreportcard.gov.
95 In 2001, amid much fanfare: Robert Schlesinger, “Senate OK’s Education Bill, Win for Bush; New Spending, Required Testing,” 15 Jun. 2001, www.bostonglobe.com.
96 But it turned out to be reform in name only: National Assessment of Educational Progress, “The Nation’s Report Card,” 2009, www.nationsreportcard.gov.
97 “Education,” said President Obama: Remarks by the President at Hampton University Commencement, 19 May 2010, www.whitehouse.gov.
98 “Jobs today often require at least a bachelor’s degree”: Ibid.
99 But rather than rising “to meet the challenges of a changing world”: Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, “US High School Graduation Rate Climbs to 69.2 Percent,” 9 Jun. 2009, www.csmonitor.com.
100 And even those who do graduate: “Measuring College and Career Readiness,” 2009 ACT National Profile Report, www.act.org.
101 Ramon Quintero: Robert Greenwald, “Rethink Afghanistan,” 21 Apr. 2010, www.huffingtonpost.com.
102 Patsy Ramirez: Ibid.
103 Amy Brisendine: Ibid.
104 The result is his film, Waiting for Superman: Scott Weinberg, “Sundance Review: Waiting for Superman,” 24 Jan. 2010, www.cinematical.com.
105 He turns a particularly withering spotlight: Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, written by Billy Kimball and Davis Guggenheim, release date: Sept. 2010.
106 By way of example, he cites the state of Illinois: Ibid.
107 In New York, tenured