California Education Summit, Part 5

Footage of the California Education Summit held February 15-16, 1994 in San Francisco, California. Features fourth grade students from Pioneer Elementary School in Davis, California, asking Speaker Willie Brown about what government could do to make education better for California students. Assemblyman Tom Connelly suggests rethinking the use of educational facilities and providing more after school programs. James W. Stigler, Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles, presents statistics on Asian Education and how test results in Asian countries differ from test results in the United States. Stigler also comments on the differences between the teaching professions in the United States and in Asian countries. Footage concludes with the beginning of Session 2, titled "California's Choice: First Class Schools or Second-Class Economy," with presenter David J. Barram.