Advances in computer and telecommunications technologies have made the world more connected.
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The barrier of distance has disappeared in many professions - people from all over the world compete for the same jobs.
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In Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa highly educated professionals are willing to work for a fraction of the cost of US workers.
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Education in the US is lagging much of the rest of the word. As a result, young people educated in the US have a disadvantage when applying for university admission and jobs.
"America cannot maintain its innovation leadership if it does not educate world-class innovators.... Unfortunately, available data suggest that we are failing to do so...." Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft , Inc., testimony from a US Senate Committee Hearing 03/07/2007
The Panama City Renaissance School was established to address these 21st Century challenges. For more information on how the advanced curriculum and foreign language instruction prepares children for the 21st Century, click here
