Administrator Bolden says other studies indicate the United States is not preparing enough students and teachers to meet the demand __________________________.

"The nations that lead everybody in math and science education are probably like Finland and the Scandinavian countries and we are well behind. So President Obama's effort and his emphasis on education __________________________, to wanna have every kid in college by 2020, is to be applauded and that's a goal that we're at NASA really we are gonna try to make sure that he can accomplish."

NASA is launching a 3-year program called "Summer of Innovation". It will target middle school students during their summer recess to take part in intensive math and science learning programs. Those will include follow-on activities during the school year. Educators say the goal will be to improve student academic performance in math, science and technology courses, while giving them the tools__________________________ in a 21st-century, knowledge-based economy.

(1)in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(2)particularly technical education science and math
(3)they need to build lasting professional careers