Asserts that the United States is not prepared to deal effectively with the fact of world interdependence and outlines steps that some schools have taken to help their students understand interdependence. (IRT)

Argues the importance of a global perspective in the curriculum of secondary schools. Asserts that the principal plays a major role in accomplishing such a perspective. (IRT)

We need new institutions to protect the world, new institutions to protect the cause of freedom. But those institutions will not be possible without new ideas, and ideas will not be possible without education. (Author)

Understanding international affairs today requires multiple perspectives. College-bound high school students must possess a world history background, an international system perspective, and an understanding of "normal" international conflict, noncoercive techniques of statecraft, and the importance of nonstate actors in international politics.…