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The global achievement gap : why even our best schools don't teach the new survival skills our children need--and what we can do about it / Tony Wagner

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, [2010]Publisher: ℗♭2010Description: xxviii, 314 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0465002307 (pbk.)
  • 9780465002306 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB1607.5 .W34 2010
Contents:
The new world of work and the seven survival skills -- The old world of school -- Testing, 1 2 3 -- Reinventing the education profession -- Motivating today's students and tomorrow's workers -- Closing the gap: schools that work -- A few answers, and more questions
Summary: Examines problems of the American educational system and offers solutions for preparing students to compete and work in a global economy
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Includes bibliographical references and index

The new world of work and the seven survival skills -- The old world of school -- Testing, 1 2 3 -- Reinventing the education profession -- Motivating today's students and tomorrow's workers -- Closing the gap: schools that work -- A few answers, and more questions

Examines problems of the American educational system and offers solutions for preparing students to compete and work in a global economy

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