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The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
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by Amanda Ripley

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How do other countries create "smarter" kids? "TIME" magazine journalist Ripley follows three Americans teens embedded in foreign countries for one year. Through these young informants, Ripley meets battle-scarred reformers, sleep-deprived zombie students, and a teacher who earns $4 million a year.

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How do other countries create "smarter" kids? What is it like to be a child in the world's new education superpowers? The Smartest Kids in the World "gets well beneath the glossy surfaces of these foreign cultures and manages to make our own cul

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  • Title The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
  • Author Amanda Ripley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2014-07-29
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781451654431 / 145165443X
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Education / Teaching
  • Library of Congress subjects Education, Poland
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013002021
  • Dewey Decimal Code 370.9

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  • New York Review of Books, 07/09/2015, Page 33
  • New York Times Book Review, 08/17/2014, Page 32

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Amanda Ripley is the New York Times bestselling author of The Smartest Kids in the World, High Conflict, and The Unthinkable. She writes for The Atlantic, Politico, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications

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