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National Council on Competitiveness in its 2004 report 
entitled ‘‘ Innovate America’’; 
Whereas entrepreneurship education provides exactly the type 
of academic engagement of all students promoted by the 
National High School Alliance, based on relevant real- 
world contexts that build on community assets, allow par-
ticipation in workplace-based learning, and include per-
formance-based assessments; 
Whereas entrepreneurship education has been shown to be es-
pecially effective in closing the achievement gap between 
minority students and others in public schools; 
Whereas students who participate in entrepreneurship edu-
cation programs have better attendance records, perform 
better on core subjects, and have lower dropout rates 
than those who do not participate in these programs; 
Whereas successful programs in entrepreneurship education 
have been established in many States, including the pub-
lic-private partnership program in North Carolina by the 
Center for 21st Century Skills, which helps students ac-
quire the knowledge and skills needed for success in the 
global economy and which has been touted as a national 
model for education in the 21st century; 
Whereas the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has as-
sembled a multidisciplinary panel of distinguished schol-
ars who will evaluate relevant research and review what 
has been learned in the many existing programs on entre-
preneurship under way throughout the United States in 
order to provide recommendations for a comprehensive 
approach to teaching entrepreneurship in colleges and 
universities; 
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Whereas the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has con-
tributed significant time and resources to create the 
Kauffman Campuses program to make entrepreneurship 
education a common and accessible campus-wide oppor-
tunity that is an integral part of the college experience; 
Whereas the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education has 
developed and nurtured a lifelong entrepreneurship edu-
cation model to encourage students’ awareness of entre-
preneurship as a career option throughout their years of 
school and to assist entrepreneurs as they implement 
their entrepreneurial ideas; 
Whereas the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education has 
lead the initiative to broadly define the field of entrepre-
neurship through 403 performance indicators to guide 
the delivery of entrepreneurship education in support of 
the lifelong learning model; 
Whereas, through the initiative to observe annually National 
Entrepreneurship Week, the Ewing Marion Kauffman 
Foundation, the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Edu-
cation, and partner organizations promote awareness of 
the contributions of entrepreneurs as innovators, positive 
forces in the economy, and important resources for im-
proving communities as places to live and work; and 
Whereas National Entrepreneurship Week will focus on the 
innovative ways in which entrepreneurship education can 
bring together the core academic, technical, and problem 
solving skills essential for future entrepreneurs and suc-
cessful workers in future workplaces: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) encourages the implementation of entrepre-
neurship education throughout the United States; 
(2) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Entrepreneurship Week so that the people of the 
United States are reminded of the contributions of 
entrepreneurs and so that educators are encouraged 
to reflect on how entrepreneurship education can im-
prove the performance of their students; and 
(3) requests that the President issue a procla-
mation calling on the Federal Government, State 
and Local governments, schools, nonprofit organiza-
tion, and others to observe National Entrepreneur-
ship Week annually with special events in support of 
entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship education pro-
grams. 
Æ 
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