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...John Barrett, the principal of Farmington High School, is a fervent disciple of the theories espoused in Thomas Friedman's book, The World Is Flat, about vanishing U.S. economic supremacy on the now-level global playing field, and he worries that complacent Americans are perilously close to sliding off the edge. He distributed copies of the book to teachers last spring and made it the sole topic for discussion at the first faculty meeting this fall. To build a less xenophobic student body, students are served a steady diet of internationally focused programs and projects...
...Although the school's college placement record is impressive-77% of last year's senior class enrolled in four-year colleges- Barrett says the Friedman book's admonitions led to the decision this fall to "kick up the level of rigor" in the curriculum even more. "It becomes more apparent the deeper you get into the book that what we used to consider third world countries are now outdistancing us in terms of research and, more than anything, work ethic," he says. "I want our kids to realize they're not just competing with the kid next to them...
...strength, but schools have become less daring in the back-to-basics climate of NCLB. Kids also must learn to think across disciplines, since that's where most new breakthroughs are made. It's interdisciplinary combinations--design and technology, mathematics and art--"that produce YouTube and Google," says Thomas Friedman, the best-selling author of The World Is Flat...
...have become less daring in the back-to-basics climate of No Child Left Behind. Kids also must learn to think across disciplines, since that's where most new breakthroughs are made. It's interdisciplinary combinations-design and technology, mathematics and art-"that produce YouTube and Google," says Thomas Friedman, the best-selling author of The World Is Flat...