The United States' position as a superpower faces serious competition from countries a mouse click away or rather thousands of miles away. Countries like India are quickly becoming key players in the global economy.
How do they do it? And what can we learn from them? A delegation of lawmakers, educators and business leaders mostly from North Carolina, traveled to India searching for answers. In a four part series, North Carolina Now correspondent Eszter Vajda takes a look at some of their findings.
The trip was organized by the Public School Forum of North Carolina and the Center for International Understanding, with the support of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Kenan Charitable Trust. The group's goal was to bring back ideas that have the potential to strengthen the schools of North Carolina. Previous studies have examined the educational systems of Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, South Korea, Japan and China.
The trip was partly inspired by The World is Flat, the best-selling book that analyzes how economic globalization is changing the world. Part one of the series is an overall summary of the mission. Part two takes a look at India's educational system and what we can learn from it. Part three makes the connection between India's exploding economy and education. Finally, part four wraps up with some of the conclusions the delegation brought home with them. |
