Voice of America article "Educators Appeal for More Global Teaching" by Mona Ghuneim states:
....One prominent educator agrees that the U.S. education system is still too inwardly focused. New York City's Chancellor of Public Schools Joel Klein says the United States cannot wait until its students are at university to give them an international perspective. He says U.S. leaders must work on a national level to change the focus of education in the United States today. "What we need is the kind of leadership that will entirely change the discussion, that will insist that a robust global education is indispensable to kids in the 21st century, and that will understand that if we don't do those things, we will pay an enormous price," he said.....
....if the United States is going to compete for seats in the global arena, then the nation must also usher in a new era of internationally educated and culturally tuned-in students.
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