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

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
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Through the compelling stories of three American teenagers living abroad and attending the worldâ€™s top-notch public high schools, an investigative reporter explains how these systems cultivate the â€œsmartestâ€ kids on the planet.

How Do Other Countries Create â€œSmarterâ€ Kids?

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.

What is it like to be a child in the worldâ€™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 embedÂded 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 â€œsmartâ€ 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 worldâ€”as told by the young Americans who have the most at stake.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-08-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451654424

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-08-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451654424

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

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