GLOBAL COMPETITION

Presented by:

Jenna Gross

Isaias Garza

November 10, 2011

Activity

Can you be the first person to complete this cryptogram? Shout out “DONE” and raise your paper high in the air when you are finished!! Good luck!!

Definition of Global Competition

“The changing relationship between governments (ex. China and US) and between the governments and the big businesses (ex: Wal-Mart and Mexico).” – David RothkopfRelates to the struggle and accomplishments that

countries face to be the best in the world. The competition can range from education to

government to finance.The competition is about the creation of completing

new social, political, and business models.

Factors that Led to the Increase of Global Competition

PoliticalCreation of European Union

TechnologicalIntroduction of fiber optics

EconomicWorld Trade Organization

Global Competitiveness Report: 2011-2012

Switzerland SingaporeSweden

Finland United States

1st 3rd

2nd 4th 5th

Why did the U.S. drop to 5th place?

Weak level of trust in politiciansRunning a deficit (spending more than we make)

Issues of spending resources in a wasteful mannerBig bureaucracy (government issued cellular

devices) Lagging behind in education

Other countries copied the U.S. models and improved upon them

Other countries educates homogenous population; U.S. educates heterogeneous population

Prediction

“Over the next ten years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education beyond high school.” - Barack Obama

Government’s Initiatives to Make Education a Top Priority

NCLB – 2002, Bush Administration Benchmarking for Success – 2008,

National Governor’s Association * Race to the Top – 2009, Obama

Administration Reform NCLB – 2011, Obama

Administration

Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. students receive a world-class education

“We are living in a world without borders. To meet the realities of the 21st century global economy and maintain America’s competitive edge into the future, we need students who are prepared to compete not only with their American peers, but with students from all across the globe for the jobs of tomorrow.”

Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. students receive a world-class education (cont.)

“States have voluntarily taken the lead in developing standards-based education, but policymakers lack a critical tool for moving forward - international benchmarking. This report is intended to help states take the next steps toward ensuring that American students receive a world-class education that positions them to compete and innovate in the 21st century.”

U.S. Plan of Action

The National Governors Association, education chose the following five steps toward building globally competitive education system:

1. Developing international benchmarks

2. Aligning textbooks and materials

3. Improved standards for educators

4. Evaluation of student performance

5. Measure student achievement to global standards

Action #1:

Upgrade state standards by adopting a common core of internationally benchmarked standards in math and language arts for grades K-12 to ensure that students are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to be globally competitive.Characteristics: focus; rigor; coherence

Action #2:

Leverage states’ collective influence to ensure that textbooks, digital media, curricula, and assessments are aligned to internationally benchmarked standards and draw on lessons from high performing nations and states. Characteristic: gradual progression of

education

Action #3:

Revise state policies for recruiting, preparing, developing, and supporting teachers and school leaders to reflect the human capital practices of top performing nations and states around the world.Characteristics: high status ~ high demand

~ high compensation; finding the best of the best!

Action #4:

Hold schools and systems accountable through monitoring, interventions, and support to ensure consistently high performance, drawing upon international best practices.Characteristics: accountability; multiple

mechanisms to monitor a school’s performance (ex: test, common practices, reviews, self-evaluations).

Action #5:

Measure state-level education performance globally by examining student achievement and attainment in an international context to ensure that, over time, students are receiving the education they need to compete in the 21st century economy. – (Already done through adoption of NAEP, National Assessment of Educational Progress)

Characteristics: tracking potential for college success; comparison between U.S. and fast improving nations

Words from our leader on Global Competition… “Companies like Intel are proving that we can compete- that

instead of just being a nation that buys what’s made overseas, we can make things in America and sell them around the globe.”

“If we want to win global competition for new jobs and industries, we’ve got to win the global competition to education our people. We’ve got to have the best trained, best skilled workforce in the world. That’s how we’ll ensure that the next Intel, the next Google, or the next Microsoft is created in America and hires American workers.”

“The U.S. has everything it needs to compete: bold entrepreneurs, bright new ideas, and world-class colleges and universities. And most of all, we have young people just brimming with promise and ready to help us succeed. All we have to do is tap that potential.”

- President Obama

Words from YOU on Global Competition…

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