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Schooloscope Online Resume Builder. Create Your Resume Free. CV Creator. Resume Templates. What other countries are really doing in education Posted at 9:56 AM ET, 11/ 2/2010 By Valerie Strauss My guest is Sean Slade, director of Healthy School Communities, part of the Whole Child Initiative at ASCD, an educational leadership organization. By Sean Slade Are we moving forward or chasing our own tail? As the education reform debate continues – and is fueled by educational documentaries, educational forums and manifestos - let’s take a moment to look at what these countries that we are propping up on a pedestal actually do. For a while now we have been told that the United States is falling behind and that we must catch-up. Today, there are many different approaches to strengthening the teaching profession -- both here in America and in countries that are outperforming us such as Finland and Singapore. Our competitors in other parts of the world recognize that the roles of teachers are changing. If this is our goal then – to catch up with the rest of world - how do we get there? "So we keep talking to our teachers. To summarize: