Spitzer Plugs FIRST Competition

[MikeDennis1719]

In an article about how to target priorities in the federal stimulus program (http://www.slate.com/id/2207920/), former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer gives a strong endorsement to spending money on high school robotics as a long-term transformative strategy.

[Jeff Waegelin]

I found the whole article pretty interesting, but for those of you who don't care to read the whole thing, this is what he had to say on high school robotics:

In education—just as much a part of our infrastructure as bridges and roads—here is a small investment that is one of my favorites: Provide funding for robotics teams at every school. If you ever want to see intellectual competition in the arena that matters today—technological wizardry—visit the robotics competitions that now exist in some schools. Make these competitions as universal as football. Make it cool to design the next cutting-edge video game or iPod.

[kjohnson]

Originally Posted by MikeDennis1719

In an article about how to target priorities in the federal stimulus program (http://www.slate.com/id/2207920/), former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer gives a strong endorsement to spending money on high school robotics as a long-term transformative strategy.

This coming from a man who is now famous for spending his money unwisely. He makes a good point that money needs to be put into FIRST and having a team at as many schools as possible, but Spitzer may not have been the best person to say this.