Education in the 21st century
Subtitle: meeting the challenges of a changing world
By: editor, Yolanda K. Kodrzycki.
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: Address. Education in the 21st century : meeting the challenges of a changing world / Yolanda K. Kodrzycki; 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, 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, Margaret E. Raymond; title: What is the appropriate role for student achievement standards? / John H. Bishop; title: Panel discussion. 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.