The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

How do other countries create â‚¬Å“smarterâ‚¬Â kids? What is it like to be a child in the worldâ‚¬s new education superpowers? The Smartest Kids in the World â‚¬Å“gets well beneath the glossy surfaces of these foreign cultures and manages to make our own culture look newly strange....The question is whether the startling perspective provided by this masterly book can also generate the will to make changesâ‚¬Â (The New York Times Book Review).

In a handful of nations, virtually all children are learning to make complex arguments and solve problems theyâ‚¬ve never seen before. They are learning to think, in other words, and to thrive in the modern economy. Inspired to find answers for our own children, author and Time magazine journalist Amanda Ripley follows three Americans embedÂded in these countries for one year. Kim, fifteen, raises $10,000 so she can move from Oklahoma to Finland; Eric, eighteen, trades his high-achieving Minnesota suburb for a booming city in South Korea; and Tom, seventeen, leaves a historic Pennsylvania village for Poland.

Through these young informants, Ripley meets battle-scarred reformers, sleep-deprived zombie students, and a teacher who earns $4 million a year. Their stories, along with groundbreaking research into learning in other cultures, reveal a pattern of startling transformation: none of these countries had many â‚¬Å“smartâ‚¬Â 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.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2014-07-29
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884897274245
EANs 9781451654431

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2014-07-29
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884897274245
EANs	9781451654431

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

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