International Perspective on Redesigning High Schools

Jul 16, 2005

National Governors Association

"Redesigning High Schools: An International Perspective." The opening plenary session focused on the results of the year's initiative in education, concentrating on the critical need to enact reforms that ensure the high school experience reflects the realities and expectations of higher education and today's global marketplace. Minister Yang .. Read More
"Redesigning High Schools: An International Perspective." The opening plenary session focused on the results of the year's initiative in education, concentrating on the critical need to enact reforms that ensure the high school experience reflects the realities and expectations of higher education and today's global marketplace. Minister Yang and Mr. Thakore provided an international perspective to this crisis in the nation's schools. "Education, Technology and Global Competition." Thomas Friedman continued the education and international themes by talking about his book and about the changes in the international economy, globalization, and the new way of looking at the world that he suggests. After his presentation he answered a few governors' questions. Mr. Friedman's book is The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize Winner, a columnist for The New York Times, and the author of several books. Technical difficulties for approx. 75 seconds during Gov. Warner's introductory remarks. ~ Technical difficulties from approx. 15:51:45-15:53:00. This spot and some surrounding material edited out of re-air.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:01 none EARLIER TODAY. WE REACH HIM LIVE NOW AT THE NGA'S CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON.
00:00:07 Unidentified Speaker Announcer: THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE HERE ON C-SPAN.
00:00:11 Unidentified Speaker -- I'D BE WITH LANCE ARMSTRONG RIGHT NOW ON THE TOUR. BUT IT IS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE IN...
00:01:00 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN, SO MOVED.
00:01:02 Unidentified Speaker MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MEANING RULES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. ANYONE WHO WANTS...
00:03:13 Unidentified Speaker MARK, THANKS VERY MUCH, FOR THOSE KIND COMMENTS. AND, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNORS...
00:05:49 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO JUST TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, MARK HAS FORDED -- AFFORDED TO ME TO THE FACT THAT WITH US...
00:06:13 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, TOM. AND LET ME, AGAIN, THANK YOU AND CHRISTIE AND ALL THE IOWAIANS FOR THEIR HOLT TALLET....
00:08:41 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S CALLED A LITTLE PRECURSOR OF WHAT'S TO COME, IF THAT GOT YOU EXCITED, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH...
00:13:16 Unidentified Speaker Announcer: WELL, WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OF OUR LIVE COVERAGE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF...
00:13:58 Unidentified Speaker Announcer: IT APPEARS WE'VE CORRECTED OUR TECHNICAL PROBLEM. WE'LL GO BACK LIVE NOW TO IOWA FOR COVERAGE...
00:14:09 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE AGAIN THIS YEAR. WITH THAT I'LL ASK US TO LOWER THE LIGHTS AND...
00:14:24 Unidentified Speaker Announcer: THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR FOR THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL.
00:14:29 Unidentified Speaker A YEAR THAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE.
00:14:30 Unidentified Speaker GOVERNORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE TAKING NOTICE.
00:14:34 Unidentified Speaker TO MAKE OUR FUTURES BETTER.
00:14:37 Unidentified Speaker TO GIVE US MORE CHOICES.
00:14:40 Unidentified Speaker TO HELP US SUCCEED.
00:14:42 Unidentified Speaker OUR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD.
00:14:46 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. THIS IS OUR STORY.
00:14:54 Unidentified Speaker LAUNCHED A YEAR AGO BY NGA CHAIRMAN VIRGINIA GOVERNOR MARK WARNER, REDESIGNING THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL...
00:15:01 Unidentified Speaker ACROSS THE COUNTRY, GOVERNORS ARE TAKING NOTICE AND MAKING CHANGES.
00:15:07 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE FACING A MAJOR COMPETITIVE CHALLENGE, CHINA, INDIA, THE REST OF THE WORLD. WE'VE GOT MEASUREMENT...
00:15:29 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO STOP THIS WHOLE PHENOMENON OF THE DROPOUT AND HAVE ALL STUDENTS DROP INTO A PROGRAM...
00:15:42 Unidentified Speaker POOR CURRICULUM THAT STUDENTS NEED REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGE OR WHETHER THEY'RE...
00:16:12 Unidentified Speaker EDUCATION IS THE FOUNDATION. MY PARENTS TAUGHT THE EIGHT OF US THAT IT'S A FOUNDATION, WE CAN HANG...
00:16:34 Unidentified Speaker IF WHAT YOU'RE TAKING IN -- AND WHETHER IT'S EVEN FREE-K LEADS TO YOUR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, WHAT...
00:16:53 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR EVERY AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR TO GO TO A FOUR YEAR...
00:17:05 Unidentified Speaker EDUCATION IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS BEING TRAINED...
00:17:21 Unidentified Speaker IT'S IMPORTANT TO GRADUATE BECAUSE EDUCATION IS WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR FUTURE AND YOU CAN GO SO MANY...
00:17:30 Unidentified Speaker I COULDN'T IMAGINE NOT GRADUATING AT ALL JUST BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A CULMINATION OF SO MUCH...
00:17:41 Unidentified Speaker IT'S A STANDARD IN MY FAMILY AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE A STANDARD FOR EVERYONE TO JUST GRADUATE. IT'S...
00:17:50 Unidentified Speaker ALTHOUGH IT IS INDEED UNACCEPTABLE, THE REALITY IS 30% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DON'T GRADUATE.
00:17:57 Unidentified Speaker AND IF THOSE OF US WHO DO GRADUATE, HALF OF US ARE UNPREPARED FOR COLLEGE OR THE WORKPLACE.
00:18:13 Unidentified Speaker THE TIME FOR CHANGE IS NOW AND THE FUTURE HOLDS PROMISE.
00:18:17 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS ONE SINGLE ISSUE WORTHY OF YOUR FOCUSED ATTENTION. IT IS THE STATE OF AMERICA'S HIGH SCHOOLS....
00:18:23 Unidentified Speaker THREE YEARS AGO ONLY THREE GOVERNORS IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY WERE TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL REFORM. NOW,...
00:18:31 Unidentified Speaker OUR GOVERNORS BELIEVE IN US AND THEY KNOW THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE.
00:18:35 Unidentified Speaker MY HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO CHANGE.
00:18:39 Unidentified Speaker MY HIGH SCHOOL IS CHANGING.
00:18:41 Unidentified Speaker MY HIGH SCHOOL HAS CHANGED.
00:18:42 Unidentified Speaker I FEEL GREAT ABOUT IT BUT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING. WE'RE NOT -- I'M NOT GOING TO BE...
00:18:55 Unidentified Speaker TODAY I'M GRADUATING.
00:18:58 Unidentified Speaker IT'S THE END OF ONE JOURNEY.
00:19:01 Unidentified Speaker BUT THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER.
00:19:04 Unidentified Speaker MY FUTURE BEGINS TODAY.
00:19:05 Unidentified Speaker THE RACE REALLY IS ON FOR WHO IS GOING TO OWN THE FUTURE, WHO'S GOING TO GET THERE FIRST.
00:19:12 Unidentified Speaker I'M GOING TO COLLEGE.
00:19:14 Unidentified Speaker I'M GOING TO A TECHNICAL SCHOOL.
00:19:16 Unidentified Speaker I'M STARTING MY YEAR.
00:19:18 Unidentified Speaker I'M GOING TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
00:19:20 Unidentified Speaker I WILL SUCCEED.
00:19:22 Unidentified Speaker I WILL SUCCEED.
00:19:25 Unidentified Speaker I WILL SUCCEED.
00:19:27 Unidentified Speaker MANY PATHS, ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES.
00:19:37 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
00:19:38 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU SEE FROM THAT VIDEO A LITTLE -- [APPLAUSE] I'LL GET WITH THE MAKERS OF THE VIDEO A LITTLE...
00:26:17 Unidentified Speaker GOOD AFTERNOON, DEAR GOVERNORS. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOVERNOR,...
00:26:37 Unidentified Speaker I'LL WRITE THAT DOWN.
00:26:43 Unidentified Speaker IN CHINA, WE HAVE A SAYING. WE HAVE TWO VERY EXCITING, VERY EXTREMELY HAPPY MOMENTS IN ONE'S LIFE....
00:45:32 Unidentified Speaker EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND WE'RE GOING TO -- I'M GOING TO HAVE OUR OTHER FIRST SPEAKER SPEAK AND THEN...
00:46:51 Unidentified Speaker GOVERNOR VILSACK, THE PEOPLE OF IOWA, GOVERNOR WARNER AND MEMBERS OF THE NGA, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO...
01:05:59 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. TWO PROVOCATIVE SPEAKERS. TAKE AWAY TWO QUICK COMMENTS. ONE THAT WHILE WE SOMETIMES LOOK...
01:07:58 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MARK. I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO INTRODUCE TOM -- ACTUALLY, I ASKED, I BEGGED TO INTRODUCE TOM...
01:12:07 Unidentified Speaker I WAS JUST HOPING TO LET THAT INTRODUCTION JUST KIND OF GO ON AND ON AND ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,...
01:12:58 Unidentified Speaker THEIR NAMES. I'D LIKE THOSE NAMES OF THE 29% IN INDIA. I WANT TO TAKE THE NEXT HALF HOUR OR SO TO...
01:55:14 Unidentified Speaker WOW. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD THREE EXTRAORDINARY PRESENTATIONS. AND WE COME AWAY WITH THE SENSE OF...
01:56:28 Unidentified Speaker TOM, IF I MIGHT, IN YOUR BOOK, YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NONFLATTENING PART OF THE WORLD AND HOW NOT...
01:57:02 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, GOVERNOR PATAKI. AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, AND I DO HAVE A CHAPTER IN THE BOOK...
02:01:26 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THE ONE THING WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THIS FLATTENING OF THE WORLD AND I WILL TAKE...
02:02:10 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, OF COURSE, THIS IS A PROVOCATIVE BOOK IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE SAID RELATED...
02:02:48 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY HAVE TO THANK GOVERNOR GRANHOLM BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL EVANGELIST...
02:06:55 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ASK -- THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LET ME THANK ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS. AND LET ME -- OUR SPEAKERS FROM...
02:07:53 Unidentified Speaker THANKS, MARK.
02:07:54 Unidentified Speaker Announcer: LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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  • Thakore, Dilip
  • Vilsack, Tom
  • Warner, Mark R.
  • Yang, Jin

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