A world-class education
Subtitle: learning from international models of excellence and innovation
By: Vivien Stewart
Publisher: ASCD
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781416613749
Subjects: Higher Education; Labor productivity; Education and globalization; Economic aspects; School improvement programs; Effect of education on
Description: Designed to promote conversation about how to educate students for a rapidly changing and increasingly borderless and innovation-based world, this book from international education expert Vivien Stewart 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. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalization and education; title: Success stories from around the world; title: The common elements of successful systems; title: Developing effective teachers and school leaders; title: Modernizing curriculum, instruction, and assessment; title: Creating the future.