Education and energy in Bush's annual State of the Union speech
Staff Reports
The Collegian
President George W. Bush addressed various issues such as education reform, energy, terrorism and healthcare among others, in his annual State of the Union address yesterday.
While announcing American Competitiveness Initiative, Bush proposed training 70,000 high school teachers to lead in teaching advanced placement courses in math and science and hire 30,000 math and science professionals to teach in classrooms and provide all-year-round help to students struggling with math.
“If we ensure American children succeed in life, they will ensure America succeeds in the world,” he said.
Bush also announced the Advanced Energy Initiative, which would increase energy funding by 22 percent and help in clean energy research and develop a more reliable alternative sources of energy.
“America is addicted to oil, which is always imported from unstable parts of the world.” Bush said.
He said his administration has spent about $10 billion toward providing clean energy since 2001.
Bush said his administration would use advanced technology to create clean energy alternatives and end dependency on Middle Eastern oil.
He proposed intensifying research in making better batteries for hybrid and electric cars and pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen. Bush said his administration would fund research on ethanol and with a goal of making ethanol a practical and competitive source of energy within six years.
“Breakthroughs on this and new technologies will help us reach another great goal: to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025,” Bush said.
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