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M2 PRESSWIRE-24 June 2009-MICROSOFT: ECS, ISTE and Microsoft to Sponsor Global Education Competitiveness Summit; States come together to improve and innovate in education.(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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Washington -- As the United States endures a decades-long achievement gap for minority and low-income students and finds itself slipping in international benchmarks measuring student proficiency in math and science, the Education Commission of the States (ECS), the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and Microsoft Corp., with the support of Cisco Systems Inc., have joined to support states on ways to use public school improvement and innovation efforts to improve U.S. academic and global education competiveness.
Recent studies, such as Achieve Inc.'s 'Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-Class Education,' have found that the achievement gap has hurt the United States' economy. As the nation looks to revive and restructure its economy to match the changing needs and demands of the 21st century, ECS , ISTE, and Microsoft and their partners will work together to help revive public education.
As a first step, the organizations will host a Global Education Competitiveness Summit (GECS),...
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