The only thing that I'd remotely disagree with (and only as a technicality) is that we needed to be doing all these things 10 to 20 years ago rather than starting now, but later is better than never. Much of the United States has been way too inwardly focused for the past decade(s) - and it seems that the most inwardly focused/domestically-centric sections of our population/economy are the ones that are most ripe for feeling the pinches ultimately caused by growing globalization. History drills in the point that "once great"- doesn't ensure "always great" - the world keeps changing and citizens that want to stay competitive keep adapting. Survival in this era is guaranteed only to the fittest (globally speaking).
From the ASCD: Becoming Citizens of the World
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hello Jennifer,
Just wanted to let you know that we linked to and quoted you on our blog:
http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2007/04/becoming_citize.html
thank you for your thoughtful comments on this EL article!
~laura
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