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    "ocrText": "talking.pts\nPage 1\nNational School Modernization Day\nToday in America, 52.7 million children attend public and private schools. That's the\nhighest school enrollment ever. It's more than the number of kids who crowded into our\nschools during the height of the Baby Boom era in the early 1970s. And there's no let-up\nin sight. School enrollments will rise by more than another 10 percent throughout the next\ndecade.\nEven in places where enrollment is not increasing, students face grave problems because\ntheir schools are in disrepair. According to a recent GAO Report, about 14 million\nstudents attend schools that need extensive repair or replacement of one or more\nbuildings. Almost 60 percent of America's schools reported at least one major building\nfeature in disrepair, according to the report; most of these schools had multiple problems.\nThat's why September 8 has been designated as \"National School Modernization Day\" --\nan opportunity to discuss the ways we can prepare our schools and communities to meet\nthis challenge and continue to give all of America's wonderful young children a great\neducation.\nThere are number of specific challenges our schools are facing--and there are some clear\nand practical solutions.\nTo begin with, it's important to realize that although some people think that these record\nnumbers of children are a problem -- they are not. They are a great opportunity. If we\ncan give each and every one of these children a great education, we can help them become\nproductive members of society and keep America the greatest country in the world!\nThe first challenge is that many schools are overcrowded. In many schools, teachers and\nstudents squeeze into every available space to conduct classes. Many schools are forced\nto make do with portable facilities. These students will need teachers. More than 2.4\nmillion good new teachers will need to be hired over the next 10 years to fill this need.\nThe second problem is that many schools are in desperate need of repair. It's\nembarrassing that schools in disrepair can be found just down the road from\nstate-of-the-art prisons. This country needs to reestablish what its priorities are. The\nGovernment Accounting Office reports that one-third of all schools in America need\nextensive repair or replacement. About 60 percent of all schools need at least one major\nbuilding repair. These schools make learning difficult--not to mention unsafe. It's time to\naddress this critical need.\nThe third challenge is technology -- making sure that our schools are physically able to\ntake on the challenges of the Information and Education Age. Many of this nation's\nschools were built so long ago that they cannot handle computers and other educational\ntechnology. Only 27 percent of our classrooms are wired to the Internet. If our kids are\ngoing to be able to complete successfully in the 21st century, we've got to get that number"
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