Hindustan Times (Indo-Asian News Service) - Staff Writer

“Deeming mathematics “uncool” in the social context of middle and high schools in the US is hurting the country as a new study found that a majority of young mathematicians working here were born in a foreign country.”  (more)

China Daily - Staff Writer

“China Education Expo 2008 to open on October 18 has attracted 650 schools from 30 countries and regions, said the organizer on Friday. The China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) was the chief sponsor of the expo, which had the theme “Going Global for the Future.” (more)

Business Week - Neil Ahrendt

“Many American educators, politicians, and pundits are adamant that the sheer number of highly educated and well-trained scientists, engineers, managers, and doctors coming from rapidly developing foreign nations are no cause for alarm.”  (more)

Forbes - Dan Warmenhoven

“. . .America’s leadership in technological innovation has been the result of our strength and passion for science, math and engineering. But that strength and passion is dwindling as American students continue to fall behind.”  (more)

New York Times - Sara Rimer

“The United States is failing to develop the math skills of both girls and boys, especially among those who could excel at the highest levels, a new study asserts, and girls who do succeed in the field are almost all immigrants or the daughters of immigrants from countries where mathematics is more highly valued.“  (more)

Boston Globe - Peter Schworm

“Since World War II, if not before, it has been assumed that children were more likely to graduate from college than their parents. Now, those generational gains appear to have stalled.”  (more)

NPR - Claudio Sanchez

“Noble Street College Prep . . . public high school in Chicago takes mostly poor and immigrant students. A hundred percent of the students graduate, and almost all go to some of the nation’s top colleges.”  (more)

USA Today - Greg Toppo

“It contrasts Brittany’s and Neil’s easy suburban lives with those of two Indian teenagers and two Chinese teenagers, making the case that the foreign students are just plain hungrier for success. “You just want to shake America and say, ‘Wake up. We are falling behind daily,’ ” Compton says.“  (more)

Outside the Box - Juliann Talkington

On Monday September 22, the Panama City Renaissance School third graders and their teacher, Sonia Song, ate dinner with five engineers from the Trane Corporation.  After a tasty meal at the Lynn Haven New China Buffet, the group gathered at Ms. Song’s home. It was a wonderful opportunity for the students to practice their Mandarin Chinese language skills in a social setting.  Everyone had a great time!

Forbes - Chester E. Finn

“School reform is bloody hard–Admiral Rickover compared it to moving a graveyard–and harder still in big cities. Everybody knows why: kids with lots of problems, high student turnover, stubborn bureaucracies, revolving-door superintendents, ill-trained and semi-dedicated employees, obdurate teacher unions and so on.”  (more)