Lt.+GovernorMichael+Fedele

__Lt. Governor Michael Fedele__

Lt. Governor Michael Fedele State Capitol Room 304 Hartford, CT 06106

860-524-7384 860-524-7304
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Born in Minturno, Italy, on March 30, 1955, Mr. Fedele has been a Stamford resident since immigrating to Connecticut as a child with his parents in 1958. He grew up in Stamford and has spent most of his years living and working in Fairfield County.

Mr. Fedele is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Stamford, Connecticut-based Pinnacle Group, which delivers information technology solutions and services through a network of offices located in the United States. He was instrumental in establishing the company’s presence in the information technology market and has received numerous awards for work The Pinnacle Group has done in the field of information technology.

Ltgovernor.fedele@ct.gov

http://www.ct.gov/ltgovmfedele/site/default.asp


 * 1) What skills/abilities do you feel students who would like to work in government need to have to be successful in the 21st century?
 * 2) What is the best way for students to acquire these?
 * 3) Looking at the people you currently see in the legislature and in various other political positions, what are their strengths and what are their weaknesses? What can the schools do to address the weaknesses?
 * 4) There is a lot of discussion in K-12 education about the importance of content knowledge (knowing a lot of “stuff” about math, science, social studies, language arts, etc.) versus the importance of learning skills and students being able to construct their own understanding of material/ideas that are new to them (being able to “learn how to learn”). What are your thoughts regarding how much we should focus on content knowledge versus focusing on students’ ability to learn/adapt/grow?
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