In a handful of countries, virtually all children are learning to do complex arguments and solve problems they have not seen before. They are learning to think, in other words, and to thrive in the modern economy. Inspired to find answers for our children, author and Time journalist Amanda Ripley magazine follows three American incorporated in these countries for a year. Kim, fifteen, raises $ 10,000 in a way that it can pass from Oklahoma in Finland; Eric, eighteen, swap its high achieving Minnesota suburb to a city booming in South Korea; and Tom, seventeen, leaving a historic village of Pennsylvania for Poland.
Through these young informants, Ripley meets battle-scars reformers, private zombies students sleep, and a teacher who earns $ 4 million a year. Their stories, along with innovative research into learning in other cultures, reveal a surprising model transformation: none of these countries has had many children "intelligent" a few decades ago. Things had changed. The teaching had become more rigorous; parents had focused on the things that mattered; and the children had bought into the promise of education.
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