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Leadership in Action: What Can the World’s Best Schools Teach Us?

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April 11, 2011

NEW ENGLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSORTIUM

This issue brief from the New England Secondary School Consortium’s Leadership in Action series looks abroad for ideas and lessons that will ensure that our students are culturally competent and prepared to succeed in a global economy.

When our students graduate, they will enter a world that is no longer defined by national borders, and they will be competing for jobs alongside ambitious, highly skilled workers from Europe, Asia, and countries across the globe.

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