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The video we watched certainly raised some questions and awareness of at least one view of education in the U.S as compared to that in China and India. I appreciated seeing the differences and it does make the case that we are behind in educating our youth. I am sure the policy makers of Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind could not agree more. But....it is not standards, assessments, testing and competition that is going to get us ahead. In my view, it is implementation of the 21st century skills that encourage creativity and teaming and interpersonal skills WITHOUT the standardized testing... It is looking at and meeting individual student needs WITHOUT choosing winners and losers when allocating precious fiscal resources. It is working together with the practitioners to make new policy that is not one size fits all. Some key points in the video as well as in Race to the Top are valuable and deserve attention; however, we need not make education a private-like industry. Competition has its place - just not in education.