Panel says problem schools hurt nation's security  KIMBERLY
HEFLING AP Education Writer Published:  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The
nation's security and economic prosperity is at risk if
America's schools don't improve, warns a task force led by
former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Joel Klein, the
former chancellor of New York City's school system.
The panel makes three main recommendations:     Not all panel
members agreed with all the task force findings. One dissenting
opinion said a proposed national audit will only increase the
pressure to focus on standardized tests and that money would be
better used to improve the neediest school districts. That
opinion was issued by Carole Artigiani, founder of Global Kids
Inc., and agreed to by Stephen Walt, an international affairs
professor at Harvard, and Randi Weingarten, president of the
American Federation of Teachers.  Weingarten, in another
dissent, said that some elements of the report undermine
schools, and that school choice options such as