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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Ripley, Amanda.     Subjects     Comparative education.     Education -- Social aspects.     Education -- Finland.     Education -- Korea (South)     Education -- Poland.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ripley, Amanda.       by title:      The smartest kids in...       by call number:      370.9 R589s     Search the Web     Ripley, Amanda.     Comparative education.     Education -- Social aspects.     Education -- Finland.     Education -- Korea (South)     Education -- Poland.       MARC Display

The smartest kids in the world : and how they got that way / Amanda Ripley. by Ripley, Amanda. Simon & Schuster, 2013. Call #: 370.9 R589s Subjects Comparative education.   Education -- Social aspects.   Education -- Finland.   Education -- Korea (South)   Education -- Poland. ISBN:  9781451654424 (hbk.) 1451654421 (hbk.) Description:  306 pages : map ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  The treasure map -- Leaving -- The pressure cooker -- A math problem -- An American in Utopia -- Drive -- The metamorphosis -- Difference -- The $4 million teacher -- Coming home. Summary:  "In 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 these countries for one year. Kim, fifteen, raises $10,000 so she can move from Oklahoma to Finland; Eric, eighteen, exchanges a 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 “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. A journalistic tour de force, The Smartest Kids in the World is a book about building resilience in a new world—as told by the young Americans who have the most at stake."--Jacket Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 370.9 R589s Adult books Checked out Jul 12, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 370.9 R589s Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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