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 /

Wagner, Tony,

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 / [print] Tony Wagner. - New York : Basic Books, (c)2010. - xxviii, 314 pages ; 24 cm.

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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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Education, Secondary--Aims and objectives--United States.
Educational change--United States.

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