Education in the 21st century
Subtitle: meeting the challenges of a changing world : conference proceedings
By: editor, Yolanda K. Kodrzycki ; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 47th Economic Conference, June 2002.
Contributors: Kodrzycki, Yolanda K.
Series: Conference series ;; no. 47; Conference series (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) ;; no. 47.
Publisher: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Published: 2002
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Education and state -- United States.; Educational planning -- United States.; Education -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Education -- Social aspects -- United States.
Other titles: Education in the twenty-first century
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Overview.; title: Education in the 21st century : meeting the challenges of a changing world -- Yolanda K. Kodrzycki -- Address.; title: American leadership in the human capital century : have the virtues of the past become the vices of the present? -- Claudia Goldin; title: Educational attainment as a constraint on economic growth and social progress -- Yolanda K. Kodrzycki; title: Social and nonmarket benefits from education in an advanced economy -- Barbara Wolfe and Robert H. Haveman; title: Do state governments matter? -- Thomas A. Downes; title: The challenge of transformation -- Michael Barber; title: Improving educational quality : how to evaluate our schools? -- Eric A. Hanushek and Margaret E. Raymond; title: What is the appropriate role for student achievement standards? -- John H. Bishop -- Panel discussion : policy implications.; title: Theories of action for effecting education reform -- Chester E. Finn, Jr.; title: Improving education outcomes : in colleges, universities, and beyond -- Alan G. Merten; title: Improving urban public schools : suggestions for teacher union leaders -- Richard J. Murnane; title: An education support system -- Warren Simmons.