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The smartest kids in the world : and how they got that way / Amanda Ripley.

by Ripley, Amanda, author.

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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Comparative education.

Education -- Finland.

Education -- Korea (South)

Education -- Poland.

Electronic Resource

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1307/2013002021-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1307/2013002021-d.html

Electronic Resource

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1317/2013002021-s.html

1451654421 (hardcover)

9781451654424 (hardcover) :

306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

The treasure map -- Leaving -- The pressure cooker -- A math problem -- An American in Utopia -- Drive -- The metamorphosis -- Difference -- The $4 million teacher -- Coming home.

Following three teenagers who chose to spend one school year living in Finland, South Korea, and Poland, a literary journalist recounts how attitudes, parenting, and rigorous teaching have revolutionized these countries' education results.

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