Katie Scott
12/05/09
11:53 AM
This article is about events taking place in Washington D.C. with the hopes of improving the education for all students across the globe. The leaders of these events believe that education is the key to success therefore they are starting this initiative to promote better systems of education. Some of the key points presented at these meetings include: there is an urgency for changel universities must become engineers for innovation; leadership much be cultivated at all levels; and we must listen to and respect the voices of all students. At each of these events, a call to action was defined or executed by the respective group. For example, at GECS, nine states plus ISTE, ECS and Microsoft created a working group to define best practices and improve the competitiveness of U.S. education.
I enjoyed reading this article. I did my current events presentation of how education is the key to improving or eliminating all other social problems, such as gender and racial inequalities, war, and even global warming. I feel that this initiative gives me hope for our future, and I am glad to hear the main ideas that are the focus of this initiative. Diversity is important and it is a hugh part of being "educated". If we cannot accept other societies and their ideas and beliefs, then we are never going to be successful in promoting peace and equaliy.
http://microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2009/07/15/around-the-globe-innovating-to-improve-education.aspx
1 comment:
I really like this article because it emphasize on improving education system. Lots of work should be done to improve education system in the USA and other countries around the world. In a improved education system, students should play a bigger role as it was mentioned in this article.
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