American Students In the Global Economy

American students may not be globally competent if our education system is falling short from other countries. To educate the American students for the future global economy, we need to ensure the education of the future leaders, and give the students a "world-class" education. Given them a better education will give the students the ability to compete in the 21st century and global economy. We need to teach students other cultures, multiple languages, and several skills so they will know how to interact with people from other countries.

American students are sticking to one language as soon as they began school. From Kindergarten to the 12th grade students are only one language English. They are not learning of global issues or other languages. Even if studies show that kids learn a new or second language easily while the are in elementary school. The education system is not applying this information. They are not including a new language into their year course.

The global economy is giving jobs to those who can communicate, compete and collaborate with the rest of the world. According to the US Department of Commerce one in five jobs today is tied to international trade. American companies are finding greater gain in other countries, so they are moving to succeed in those countries.

If the small companies are moving forward and engage in a global economy we also need to move our students there as well. The Asia Society's Partnership for Global Learning has advanced a series of initiatives to support globally-focused learning in K-12 education. They developed an online curriculum resources to promote global competence and helped raised achievement for undeserved students. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act can be the lever we need to ensure that every student in the U.S. is prepared to engaged in a global economy. This act plans to:

• Benchmark our education system and standards against other countries.
• Encourage and prepare educators to teach the international dimensions of their subjects.
• Build national capacity in world languages from preschool through college.
• Expand federal programs that give U.S. students and teachers the opportunity to engage with the rest of the world.

American is trying to prepare its students to be globally savvy to compete in a global economy. But if this act doesn't follow American students may not be globally competent if our education system is falling short from other countries.