A bipartisan group of more than two-dozen state lawmakers and legislative staffers embarked on an 18-month journey to study some of the world's top-performing school systems, including those in Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Ontario, Poland, Shanghai, Singapore and Taiwan. Today that group, the National Conference of State Legislatures<http://www.ncsl.org/>, released its findings, titled No Time to Lose: How to Build a World-Class Education System State by State. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/08/09/488214332/the-best-schools-in-the-world-do-this-why-dont-we Leon Smith, Esq. Director, Racial Justice Project [cid:[log in to unmask]]<http://www.kidscounsel.org/> 211 State Street, 4th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 (203)335-0719 (p) (203)330-9580 (f)