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Clem Work, a UM professor who teaches a journalism ethics course, said the guidelines are specific enough to be an unconstitutional limitation of speech.

“Our kids get it. They may not know yet how to make films or how to write scripts, but they have this internal response to what we’re doing because they’re on the net, they watch TV, they go to the movies,” Rosten says. “Not all of our kids will go on to work in the business, but at least they’re seeing that they can make it, on tons of different levels, by doing this sort of work.”

Idaho is demanding more from teachers while paying less than surrounding states.

Yet the supply of teachers remains steady.

"We are entering into a dynamic new kind of economy called the knowledge economy," Law told the Utah Information Technology Association. "It’s an economy not just based on the old industrial norms. It’s based on new kinds of knowledge, new kinds of technology and the application of those kinds of technologies. And the way to stay on the cutting edge in that kind of economy is to continuously and aggressively invest in knowledge."

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With a boost from Gates’s money, 472 new small high schools have opened in New York, Chicago, and elsewhere. Almost 400 more will open by 2009. The foundation has also backed the restructuring of almost 700 existing high schools, often by breaking them up into smaller "learning communities" focused around such themes as science, art, or technology.

Why? "America’s high schools are obsolete," Bill Gates declared in a speech earlier this year. "Our high schools–even when they’re working exactly as designed–cannot teach our kids what they need to know today."

Business leaders familiar with the study said this week that the shortage of skilled workers is driving businesses away from the area and damaging the economy.

The report highlights the importance of a comprehensive plan for getting students in and through higher education.

“The governor is very keen on bringing the film business back to Montana,” he says. “But from a practical perspective, it’s going to be very difficult to get film producers into Montana unless you have a workforce.”

Monolingual English graduates "face a bleak economic future" as multilingual competitors flood into the workforce from all corners of the globe.