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CHALLENGE for Educators
Entrepreneurship EMPOWERS Everyone!

The Nation is challenged to consider how "Entrepreneurial Skill Building" is essential to our future.  In honor of the third annual National Entrepreneurship Week, the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education is pleased to present "Entrepreneurship EMPOWERS Everyone, A Proposal for Entrepreneurial Skills Building".   This proposal is about recognizing that entrepreneurship is the force that created the strongest economy in the world and needs champions now.   The skills connected to making the "right decisions" for entrepreneurial success can and should be experienced and learned throughout education.  It must also be recognized that entrepreneurial skills can be used in any workplace, not just when operating one’s own business. 

During National Entrepreneurship Week the Consortium asks that each reader stand up for the freedoms provided in this nation that enable every citizen in the United States to use entrepreneurial skills in their everyday lives including, if they choose, starting their own businesses; to succeed or fail based on the decisions they make; and if they fail, to be able to try again as many times as it takes to succeed. View the Proposal, Power Point and Press Release....

"The entrepreneurs of tomorrow are in our schools today”!
 (The Consortium encourages use of the proposal and PowerPoint and grants rights for use with credit given.)

Americans Want Government Stimulus for
Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship,
Reveals New Survey from Kauffman Foundation

Americans want to see more initiatives that aid small businesses, like the $15 billion package unveiled by President Obama Monday, according to a new poll released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

The survey, conducted by pollster Douglas Schoen, reveals a stark and fundamental gap between the agenda to date in Washington and the attitudes and beliefs of the American people--pointing to a key and unrecognized reason as to why the public has not been satisfied with the overall stimulus package.

Consisting of a random national sample of 2,000 Americans, the survey indicates strong public sentiment that the government should be doing more to encourage individuals to start businesses and create jobs, which is ultimately the long-term solution for the country's economic woes. Three hundred of the 2,000 respondents are entrepreneurs and 300 are aspiring entrepreneurs.

By 63 percent to 23 percent, survey respondents prefer giving individuals the incentives they need to start their own businesses as opposed to allowing the government to create new jobs directly or through big corporations. Further, as a means of leading the country out of the economic crisis, 63 percent of respondents say the United States government needs to encourage the creation of new businesses, which will create sustainable, long-term employment opportunities and economic growth, while only 22 percent favor the government creating new jobs in the public and private sector.

"These two statistics--which produced similar results--underscore the public's deep and abiding belief that the government should facilitate entrepreneurial activity by creating the conditions and policies that make it easier for individuals to take a risk, as opposed to the government itself creating jobs," said Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation. "Monday's announcement to loosen credit for entrepreneurs and small business owners is a step in the right direction, but more can be done to encourage current and future job-creators."

More findings are available from the full survey, which is available for download at
www.kauffman.org/recoverysurvey.

Other statistics about entrepreneurs and the economy are available at
www.kauffman.org/researchfacts.   

CAPITOL HILL AND BUSINESS LEADERS "SAY YES" TO YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Read and share this new Policy Paper supporting Entrepreneurship Education nationwide.

View the video from the Press Conference from Capitol Hill presenting the YESG Policy Paper.

Business startups are key to job creation in the U.S.,
according to new Kauffman Foundation study

U.S. Census Bureau data also show that business startups remain robust
even in the most severe recession

A new Kauffman Foundation-funded U.S. Census Bureau study reinforces what entrepreneurship experts have long known: Startup companies are a major contributor to job creation. The report is based on a new product from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Business Dynamics Statistics. The BDS also indicates that startups remain strong even in the most severe recession. At a time when unemployment is reaching record highs, the BDS sheds a spotlight on the critical role new firms will play in economic recovery.   

The Kauffman Foundation's research into the early years of business formation has long shown that startup companies are important short-term and long-term contributors to job growth. Read the full report... 

 The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
is pleased to announce the release of our new report:
21st Century Skills, Education & Competitiveness

The Report Identifies Inherent Link Between a 21st Century Education System and
Economic Success. Download the report...

CREATE YOUR OWN JOB?

The U.S. Department of Labor Announces new Entrepreneurship Competency Model as one of the 11 High Growth Industry Models for the nation.  The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education is proud to be the primary partner in its development, connecting the National Entrepreneurship Education Content standards to this new DOL Entrepreneurship Competency Model.   See the model at  http://www.careeronestop.org/COMPETENCYMODEL/pyramid.aspx  and check out the links to the State Career Clusters Initiatives.   Please share the following press release in your states. Read the Press Release...

The Case for Entrepreneurship Education
By Stephanie Bell-Rose & Thomas W. Payzant
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/08/13/45payzant.h27.html  

Economic leaders and education scholars are calling for an increase in initiative, self-regulation, critical thinking, and lifelong learning skills among young people to meet the needs of the growing knowledge economy. If we want to be competitive in the world economic arena and maintain our high standard of living, we must rise to the challenge.

As leaders, how can we develop a systemic initiative to keep young people in school, learning academic and work skills effectively, motivated to be productive and engaged in their communities and the larger economy, and developing success-oriented attitudes of initiative, intelligent risk-taking, collaboration, and opportunity recognition? Entrepreneurship education is one answer to this question, and an important tool to help every child explore and develop his or her academic, leadership, and life skills, as well as potential.

Fifteen years ago, a new, standards-based framework for improving American K-12 education began to emerge. It was a radical idea, driven by the goal of having all children reach high standards of learning, which traditionally had been the expectation set only for a select group. Since then, under the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (the two most recent versions of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act), state, district, and school efforts to improve public education for all students have intensified. Yet the United States still lags behind other countries in key knowledge domains and industries. Why aren’t American children doing better? Why are so many young people not even completing high school?

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Europe Recognizing US Entrepreneurship Advantages

The EU must work towards changing its attitudes towards entrepreneurship and create a positive culture which encourages people to take risks, argued participants in the annual Microsoft SME day, which explored ways to make European SMEs flourish globally.

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The Silent Epidemic
Perspectives of High School Dropouts
A report by Civic Enterprises in association with Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
By: John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Jr., and Karen Burke Morison

A Business Week article about Nebraska
Degrees Designed for Rural Business
Some business schools are creating programs so grads can apply their skills to the farms and businesses of rural America

NEW Research on "Youth in Entrepreneurship"  
Read the article in the Consortium newletter 

  Career and Technical Education Administrators feature article with Cathy Ashmore  

 "Changing Students' Lives Through Entrepreneurship Education" 
an article by Gene R. Carter, Executive Director of (ASCD) Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development  

Rapid Growth In Michigan Entrepreneurship Education Programs.
Read the full report a http://www.sbam.org/