num_pages: 328
description: As America enters the 21st century U.S. students continue to slip behind in the worlds rankings in science and math. Yet at the same time state prison budgets are increasing nearly three times as fast as budgets for education. In her new book Linda Darling-Hammond a chief education advisor to President Barack Obama a bestselling author and a nationally recognized leader in education reform explores how America's performance globally is linked to the minority-majority achievement gap at home.
language: English
title: The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future
publisher: Teachers College Press