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 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...

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 Buiness Week artilce 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/

TEACHING THE HISTORY OF INNOVATION
A History Institute for Teachers

Saturday and Sunday, October 18-19, 2008
Hosted by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
at its Conference Center in Kansas City, MO

Sponsored by
The Foreign Policy Research Institute's Wachman Center
www.fpri.org

The teaching of U.S. and world history is incomplete if it does not address the history of innovation from economic, scientific/technological, and sociological perspectives. We feel it important for students to be encouraged both to explore the role of innovation in U.S. and world history and to develop their own sense of innovation and creativity. The conference begins 11 am CT on Saturday, October 18 and concludes at 1 pm CT on Sunday, October 19, 2008.

Topics and Speakers include:

IDEAS: A HISTORY OF THOUGHT FROM FIRE TO FREUD
Peter Watson, Research Associate, McDonald Institute for
Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge

FROM STONE TO SILICON: A BRIEF SURVEY OF TECHNOLOGY AND
INVENTIONS
Lawrence Husick, Senior Fellow, FPRI

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
IN AMERICAN AND WESTERN HISTORY
Alex Wright, author of "Glut: Mastering Information Through
the Ages"

INNOVATION AND INVENTION: THE COMPUTER AS A CASE HISTORY
Rocco Martino, CEO, CyberFone, and Senior Fellow, FPRI

WAR AND TECHNOLOGY
Alex Roland, Professor of History, Duke University

HOW THE WEST GREW RICH
Nathan Rosenberg, Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. Professor of
Public Policy, Stanford University

WHAT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE
Social studies and history teachers, curriculum supervisors, and junior college faculty are invited to apply for participation in the History Institute. Forty participants will be selected to receive:  free room and board; assistance in designing curriculum and special projects based on the History Institute; stipends of $400 for well-developed lesson plans for posting on our website that effectively utilize the experience of the weekend conference, or documentation of in-service presentations based on the weekend; partial travel reimbursements (up to $350) for participants outside the vicinity of the conference center; subscription to Orbis, FPRI's journal of world affairs; E-Notes, FPRI's weekly bulletin; and Footnotes, FPRI's bulletin for high school teachers; and certificate of participation in a program offering 12 hours of instruction.  For those interested, college credit is available for a small fee through our cooperating institution, Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

TO APPLY
Please email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it a resume and a short statement describing your current teaching or professional assignments, your reasons for wanting to attend, and how your students or school district will benefit from your participation. NOTE: At the time of application, you are asked to make a commitment either to prepare a curriculum unit based on the weekend or to do in-service activities based on the weekend. Schools with a school membership in FPRI's Wachman Center are guaranteed one place at one History Institute weekend per year. For information about school membership, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

APPLICATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 1, 2008

If you cannot participate in person, note that portions of the History Institute will also be webcast and will be viewable online at no cost.  Videotapes will be posted subsequently on our website. For information about registering for the webcast, please contact  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .