1. RPS - A 21 st Century School District “ Too many of our students fail to graduate from high school with the basic skills they will need to succeed in the 21st Century economy, much less prepared for the rigors of college and career.” Bill Gates, Chairman Microsoft Corporation
2. What the World Needs "The world needs you to be forever the generation...of strategic optimists, the generation with more dreams than memories, the generation that wakes up each morning and not only imagines that things can be better but also acts on that imagination every day." The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, p. 635
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10. The World is Flat (and small) "We Americans will have to work harder, run faster, and become smarter to make sure that more of us are able to connect and compete, collaborate and innovate on the flat-world platform...But remember : the most important competition is now within yourself - making sure that you are always striving to get the most our of your own imagination, and then acting on it ." The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, p. 635
