Mary Scott, assistant principal at Peterson - Central Elementary in Weston, West Virginia, suggests that a successful strategy combines creative programs, dedicated educators, and
a relentless focus on fundamentals.
Fiddling with the fringes of the issue, with fairly miserly funding of R&D and transport, fails to address the
fundamental underlying causes: the recent relative atrophy of infrastructure spending and capital investment and a
relentless focus since 2010 purely
on the number of jobs, rather than quality, skilled, well - paid jobs.