Policymakers have supported foreign language and
international education in higher ed. Now’s the time to turn that commitment to
K-12 education, as well.
In “Becoming Citizens of the World,” Vivien Stewart identifies existing school-based programs and further policy recommendations for creating students prepared to thrive in a multiethnic, multicultural, and multilingual world.
At the classroom level, how are you bringing an international connection—including collaboration with students from other countries—into a class or school project you have planned this semester? At the policy level, how is your school or district adapting to the global age?
Blogger Jennifer Borse at Tidbits of Interest says this article is "right on target."
"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)."
Thanks for writing that I looks a good programe, but is it feasuible! sound to good to be true
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At the classroom level, how are you bringing an international connection—including collaboration with students from other countries—into a class or school project you have planned this semester? At the policy level, how is your school or district adapting to the global age?
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