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Is Education a National Security Issue: A Critique of the Rice-Klein Report

by YongZhao

In March the Council of Foreign Relations released the report of a task force chaired by former head of New York City Public schools and now a News Corp. executive vice president and close advisor to the media giant’s chairman and chief executive, Rupert Murdoch and former secretary of state Condoleeza Rice. The report U.S. Education Reform and National Security makes education an national security issue, which is of course not new, but still garnered tremendous media attention. I have seen different responses to the report and found Hostra University Professor Denny Taylor‘s perspective unique and refreshing. Her critique is part of a long blog post Can the American People Avoid Disaster and (Possibly) Save the World? Not If U.S. Political, Corporate, and Financial Decision Makers Destroy the Planet First. She has given me the