It would be very interesting to get the perspective of teachers from other countries. I know that Asian countries place a great deal of value on their teachers. Teaching is considered to be an honored profession and teachers are well compensated and appreciated. Can't say that necessarily exists here, especially in this tri-county area.

It's about priorities and timing....
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Think about this.
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The Asian, Centeral American, and European exchange students we recieve "generally" are ahead of our students in Language and mathmatics...
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Those foreign students are ready for exchange... When our students are ready to travel, then we should think about it... Maybe.
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But in a time when resourses are so limited, I don't see priority value in this type of exchange...
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I know some of the District Exect/Board travel has been financed by outside private sourses... Fine..
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Taxpayer/State/Federal/Grand dollars need to be spent locally at this time period. In my opinion

We as people are losing the basics. So why should we reach farther when we cannot even get the basics? Our children have more than enough here at home to learn and grow, without over reaching and putting our future on thin ice with this god-awful 'global' thinking. Trade and cooperation between countries can still take place without this. We have pumped so much money into our schools and productivity has been level or declining in most reports. This is simply a feel-good thing for the ultra-progressive minded bureaucrats, who we should maybe think about replacing.

When does global outreach not make sense?
I'm just sayin'...