Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Summit: Future U.S. Innovation Tied to Reshaping K-12 Education, Reforming Immigration Policies

Summit: Future U.S. Innovation Tied to Reshaping K-12 Education, Reforming Immigration Policies: ARLINGTON, Va. – To foster more innovation in the future, business needs to help reshape K-12 education to grow better thinkers, and the United States should reform its immigration policy to attract and keep talent from various parts of the world.

Those were two of the main points that business leaders made Tuesday during the inaugural “Innovation Summit” hosted by The Atlantic Magazine.

“Now, universities are training many people around the globe and (the United States) is forcing them to go home,” said Boeing CEO James McNerney. “Great for them, other countries and the global economy. But it cuts off that flow that has led to populating our companies and institutions with great people.