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020 _a1451654421 (hardcover)
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020 _z9781451654448 (e-book)
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100 1 _aRipley, Amanda,
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245 1 4 _aThe smartest kids in the world :
_band how they got that way /
_cAmanda Ripley.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
300 _a306 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.
505 0 _aThe treasure map -- Leaving -- The pressure cooker -- A math problem -- An American in Utopia -- Drive -- The metamorphosis -- Difference -- The $4 million teacher -- Coming home.
520 _aFollowing three teenagers who chose to spend one school year living in Finland, South Korea, and Poland, a literary journalist recounts how attitudes, parenting, and rigorous teaching have revolutionized these countries' education results.
520 _aIn a handful of nations, virtually all children are learning to make complex arguments and solve problems they've never seen before. They are learning to think, in other words, and to thrive in the modern economy. What is it like to be a child in the world's new education superpowers? In a global quest to find answers for our own children, author and Time magazine journalist Amanda Ripley follows three Americans embedded in Finland, South Korea, and Poland for one year. Their stories, along with groundbreaking research into learning in other cultures, reveal a pattern of startling transformation: none of these countries had many "smart" kids a few decades ago. Things had changed. Teaching had become more rigorous; parents had focused on things that mattered; and children had bought into the promise of education.--From publisher description.
650 0 _aComparative education.
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650 0 _aEducation
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650 0 _aEducation
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650 0 _aEducation
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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856 4 1 _3Sample text
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