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Education Week magazine published this article about the challenges integrating global studies in schools. It quotes president Catherine Scherer after her presentation at the International Studies Schools Conference (ISSA) in 2005 in which she offered strategies to fold internationally focused curriculum easily into a classroom day:
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/04/20/32international.h24.html
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Other articles of interest about global studies:
Education Week article about North Carolina schools, recognized as leaders in global studies in the US.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/05/11/36letter-4.h24.html
National Geographic/Roper study of how American young people compare to others in the developed world in knowledge of geography and world events. The statistics will shock you.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geosurvey/highlights.html
Christian Science Monitor article about schools and global studies. Advances are coming but American students seriously lag behind others in the developed world.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0510/p11s02-legn.html
Mercury News article (free registration required): The federal government, alarmed by the lack of expertise in languages considered critical to national security, announced its intention to create a comprehensive Chinese language instruction program for students in kindergarten through college.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/education/11559255.htm
The Asia Society, one of the leading voices in global education in the US, publishes information on states initiatives towards internationalizing K-12 education. Is your state on the list?
http://www.internationaled.org/directory.htm#
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