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

Name: 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
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ISBN: 9780465002290

ISBN-10: 0465002293

ISBN-13: 9780465002290

Edition: N/A

Authors: Tony Wagner

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After years of memorizing for standardized bubble-tests, our high school graduates do not have the skills they need to succeed. To make matters worse, we continue to teach a curriculum that has remained substantially unchanged for more than one hundred years. Education expert Tony Wagner situates our high school problems in the larger context of the demands of the global knowledge economy. With insights gained from interviews with business leaders, reviews of new research, and extensive observations in some of our leading suburban schools, he analyzes school performance by considering the skills future workers will need in order to get a good job. Highlighting discussions with teens and the…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Publication date: 8/12/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English




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


Conclusion: A Few Answers - and More Questions


Index