In the US there is currently enormous attention being paid to preparation 
for college at the high school level, and alignment of the elementary and 
secondary curricula and achievement tests with the expectations and 
admissions tests at the college level.  The issue of alignment is the 
subject of some important recommendations of the September 2006 final report 
of US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' Commission on the Future of 
Higher Education.

This is a great opportunity to introduce educators concerned with the 
planning and funding of education to systems approaches and we would have an 
opportunity to pioneer PK-20+ as an operational concept.