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AMERICA LOSING GROUND IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS BY NOT PREPARING ITS STUDENTS FOR NEW ECONOMY

(Washington DC/New York, December 15, 2008) – As much as President-elect Barack Obama and Congress are rushing to protect American workers from one of the worst recessions in history, they should also work with urgency toward building a globally competitive future American workforce if the United States is to avoid becoming increasingly less competitive in the world economy as the twenty-first century unfolds.

States Prepare for the Global Age

This report, written by Edward Fiske, former education editor for The New York Times , provides an overview of the critical importance of international knowledge and skills to US competitiveness, including extensive analysis of selected state initiatives to improve international education in K-12 schools.

China's Educational Transformation Provides Key Lessons and Challenges for U.S. Leaders, According to New Asia Society Study

NEW YORK , NY , January 11, 2006 - China 's tremendous economic growth has been the subject of widespread media attention. Far less well known but equally impressive are the great strides China

Closing the K12 International Knowledge Gap: Putting the World Into World Class Education

Washington, DC (November 18, 2003) - Responding to recent reports documenting that US students are woefully uninformed about the rest of the world, The Goldman Sachs Foundation and Asia Society today announced the inaugural winners of The Goldman Sachs Foundation Prizes for Excellence in International Education.

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