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Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School

Contributor(s): Hanushek, Eric A (Author), Peterson, Paul E (Author), Woessmann, Ludger (Author)

ISBN: 9780815703730

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

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Pub Date: June 19, 2013

Dewey: 370

LCCN: 2013013783

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.52" H x 8.98" L x 6.00" W ( 0.60 lbs) 160 pages

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The relative deficiencies of U.S. public schools are a serious concern to parents and policymakers. But they should be of concern to all Americans, as a globalizing world introduces new competition for talent, markets, capital, and opportunity. In Endanger...

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" "Endangering Prosperity" makes a compelling case that K-12 public education in the United States is lagging compared to its international counterparts--and that the issue extends across the socioeconomic spectrum. The economic costs are simply too great, the authors persuasively argue, to accept the timid incrementalism that too often passes for 'reform.'"--Chris Cerf, Commissioner of Education, State of New Jersey

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