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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. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, (c)2010.Description: xxviii, 314 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780465002306
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB1607.W135.G563 2010
  • LB1607
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Contents:
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.
Subject: 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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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction LB1607.5.W34 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001865282

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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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