Speaking of thinking about the problems facing children in other countries...CNN.com reports on the seven overseas trips Margaret Spellings has taken since becoming U.S. Secretary of Education a year and a half ago. Some conservatives are criticizing these trips as "junkets;" other commentators say the importance of education to America's global "competitiveness" requires education leaders to pay more attention to what's happening abroad. I'm in no position to judge the merits of Secretary Spellings' foreign travel, but I do think there are important lessons we can learn from other countries.
UPDATE: Alexander Russo and the Edwonks have a bit more to say about this.
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