In the 20th century, the United States was the world leader in
education-the first country to achieve universal secondary
education and the first to expand higher education beyond the elite
class. Now other countries are catching up and leaping ahead-in
high school graduation rates, in the quality and equity of their
K-12 education systems, and in the proportion of students
graduating from college. It is not that American education has
gotten worse so much that education in other parts of the world has
gotten so much better, so fast. Designed to promote conversation
about how to educate students for a rapidly changing and
increasingly borderless and innovation-based world, this
comprehensive and illuminating book from international education
expert Vivien Stewart is not about casting blame; it is about
understanding what the best school systems in the world are doing
right for the purpose of identifying what U.S. schools-at the
national, state, and local level-might do differently and better.
Here, you'll consider: How the U.S. education system fares against
emerging international standards of excellence. The policies,
practices, and priorities of the world's best-performing systems,
along with specific ideas for adapting these approaches for U.S.
schools. The common factors characteristic of high-performing and
rapidly improving systems. New models of 21st century teaching and
leadership and ways to modernize curriculum, instruction, and
assessment. How technology and international exchange can help the
United States close performance gaps and reach new levels of
excellence and equity. Learning goes both ways, Stewart writes.
Other countries have learned a great deal from the United States,
and now it is time for American educators to open their eyes to
other nations' globally-minded and future-focused practices,
leverage existing assets, and create a truly world-class education
system for this generation of students and generations to come.
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