Cuba's Academic Advantage
Subtitle: Why Students in Cuba Do Better in School
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: March 14, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780804755979
Subjects: Education; Education / Teaching; Comparative; Elementary; Education / Comparative; Cuba; Education and state; Education, Elementary; Latin America
Description: Explores the success of the Cuban educational system, where the average elementary school student learns much more than her Latin American peers. This title challenges many views about educational markets, school and teacher autonomy, decentralized decision-making, and government responsibility for children's social and economic welfare.