Flat World
Today’s high school graduates enter a world much different than their parents. Competition for all levels of jobs is no longer confined to regions of local, state and national. Today’s students compete against the best minds across the globe for jobs once privileged to be within the United States. Technology has flattened our world. The bottom line: Any element, of any work process, that can be digitized, is no longer bound within United States. Any human mind with online access may now compete for and win the work. Technology brings all minds to the global table and thus the High School Technology Graduation Requirement was created to prepare ABC students and educators for the new realities of digitally based work and global competition.
Charlie Rose Interview with Thomas Friedman
The Other Side of Outsourcing - YouTube Video with Thomas Friedman
The World is Flat - Wiki Summary by Chapter
New York Times - Outsourcing
Design
Companies, Focusing on Brands, Are Outsourcing Some Design Work
Education
Hello, India? I Need Help With My Math
Financial
Financial Firms Hasten Their Move to Outsourcing
Information and Technology
Outsourcing I.T. To Unlikely Places, Like America
Journalism
Outsourcing Journalism?
MediaTalk; Reuters Takes Outsourcing to a New Level With Journalists
Religion
Short on Priests, U.S. Catholics Outsource Prayers to Indian Clergy
Research
Outsourcing is climbing the skills ladder
Outsourcing Trends
India’s Edge Goes Beyond Outsourcing
Outsourcing, Schmoutsourcing! Out Is Over
True or False: Outsourcing Is a Crisis
TECHNOLOGY; Indians Fearing Repercussions Of U.S. Technology Outsourcing
Why ‘Outsourcing’ May Lose Its Power as a Scare Word
Executive Life; Outsourcing Joins the M.B.A. Curriculum
An Elder Challenges Outsourcing's Orthodoxy
Eastern Europe Becomes a Center for Outsourcing
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Outsourcing Is Becoming A Harder Sell in the U.S.
Modest Now, Russian Outsourcing Has Big Hopes
Offshore Outsourcing’s Next Wave: How High?
Outsource Your Chores — And Feel Good While You’re at It
Saturday Interview With Azim H. Premji. Outsourcing: It’s Been Good to Him
Outsourcing - Humor
Video: The Next Frontier of Outsourcing
Parents outsource child care overseas
Los Angeles Times - Outsourcing
That Good Education Might Not Be Enough
Flat World Skills - 21st Century Workers
Saul Rubinstein
Laura Rico (ABC AFT - President) and Dr. Gary Smuts (ABC Superintendent) invited Dr. Saul Rubinstein of Rutgers University to speak at the annual ABC Unified PAL Retreat (Partnership with Administration and Labor) attended by all 30 ABC school principals and their schools' union representativies. The event was held on October 28, 2008. Dr. Rubinstein points out the work force skills our students require in today's post-industrial age. The correlation with the NETS is striking!
