World-Class Education: Learning from International Models of Excellence and Innovation

by Vivien Stewart

Book Overview

In the 20th century, the United States was the world leader in education--the first country to achieve universal secondary education and the first to expand higher education beyond the elite class. Now other countries are catching up and leaping ahead--in high school graduation rates, in the quality and equity of their K-12 education systems, and in the proportion of students graduating from college. It is not that American education has gotten...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416613749
• ISBN13: 9781416613749
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"