Publications: States
Putting the World into World-Class Education: State Innovations and Opportunities
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States have been working individually and collectively on initiatives to integrate international knowledge and skills into schools. This paper, published by Asia Society and the Council of Chief State School Officers, provides examples of state-led innovations to promote international education. It is not intended to be comprehensive but illustrative — drawing from the work of the 25 states that have participated in the States Network on International Education in the Schools. States have sought to raise awareness, identify resources and leaders, and begin to put in place new policies and programs to promote international knowledge and skills. Activities include task forces, statewide summits, reports, surveys, policy statements and legislation, integration of international content into state standards and high school redesign, expansion of world languages, internationalization of teacher preparation and professional development, international benchmarking initiatives, and innovative uses of technology and exchanges. While these activities hold real promise, all states must build on the important progress chronicled here in a more systematic way. Opportunities for doing so are explored in the final section.
States Prepare for the Global Age Purchase Download
State leaders who attended the Institutes recognized the pressing need to begin preparing their students for the global age and have developed statewide initiatives that have accomplished much in just three years. Outlined in the opening essay by Edward B. Fiske, former Education Editor of the New York Times, are leadership initiatives that hold real promise: Governor’s task forces, legislation and policy statements, summits, public surveys, professional development initiatives, revisions of high school graduation requirements, innovative uses of technology, and other curriculum reforms. Profiles of the seventeen states provide examples of new programs that can be scaled up, as well as the gaps in our knowledge that must be
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