schools and city university of new york and ibm, students will graduate with a high school diploma and associates degree in computer engineering, we need to give every student an opportunity like this and four years ago-- four years ago we started racing to the top, the competition that convinced almost every state to develop smarter curricula and higher standards all for about 1% of what we spend on education each year. tonight i'm announcing a new challenge, to redesign america's high school so they better equip graduates for the high-tech economy and we'll reward schools who develop partnerships with colleges and employers and create classes that focus on science, technology, engineering, math. the skills today's employers are looking for to fill the jobs that are there right now and will be there in the future. now, even with better high