The traditional back-to-school assembly, featuring lengthy readings of student handbook rules and restrictions, counters visions of the positive school environment featured in many mission statements. This year's Colfax (California) High School program, based on graduates' musings about the school's familial behavior toward them, offered a message…

The globalization of economies, the digitization of work, pressing health and security issues, and changing demographics have dramatically changed our world. Unlike previous generations, U.S. high school graduates will routinely buy from the world, sell to the world, work for international companies, manage employees from other cultures and…