Surpassing Shanghai

Marc S. Tucker

Harvard Education Publishing Group (HEPG), 2011 - Education - 231 pages

"This book answers a simple question: How would one redesign the American education system if the aim was to take advantage of everything that has been learned by countries with the world's best education systems? With a growing number of countries outperforming the United States on the most respected comparisons of student achievement--and spending less on education per student--this question is critical. With a growing number of countries outperforming the United States on the most respected comparisons of student achievement--and spending less on education per student--this question is critical. Surpassing Shanghai looks in depth at the education systems that are leading the world in student performance to find out what strategies are working and how they might apply to the United States. Developed from the work of the National Center on Education and the Economy, which has been researching the education systems of countries with the highest student performance for more than twenty years, this book provides a series of answers to the question of how the United States can compete with the world's best"--Publisher's description

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Review: Surpassing Shanghai: An Agenda for American Education Built on the World's Leading Systems

User Review  - David Huyck - Goodreads

Very interesting! Intriguing premise that will sure to fuel many a debate!

About the author

Marc S. Tucker is president of the National Center on Education and the Economy in Washington, DC.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Surpassing Shanghai
• Editor: Marc S. Tucker
• Contributors: Marc S. Tucker, National Center on Education and the Economy (U.S.)
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Harvard Education Publishing Group (HEPG), 2011
• ISBN: 1612501036, 9781612501031
• Length: 231 pages
• Subjects: Education / Comparative; Education / Experimental Methods; Education / General