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  Title

  Do schools prepare students for a global economy?

  Author

  Bartos, Judeen.  

  Publisher:

  Greenhaven Press,

  Pub date:

  c2012.

  Pages:

  121 p. ;

  ISBN:

  9780737740943

  Item info:

  2 copies available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library and Aurora Campus.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    LC66 .D6 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues
    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    LC66 .D6 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues

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  ISBN:

  9780737740943 (hardback)

  ISBN:

  0737740949 (hardback)

  ISBN:

  9780737740950 (paperback)

  ISBN:

  0737740957 (paperback)

  Title:

  Do schools prepare students for a global economy? / Judeen Bartos, book editor.

  Publication info:

  Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012.

  Physical description:

  121 p. ; 24 cm.

  Series Statement:

  (At issue)

  Contents:

  US student achievement trends downward as other countries improve / Linda Darling-Hammond -- American schools possess strengths other countries want to emulate / Yong Zhao -- US schools can achieve more by doing less / Lawrence Baines -- Low standards cause America's poor educational performance / Amanda Ripley -- Blending traditional and online learning improves achievement / Jonathan Schorr and Deborah McGriff -- Private funders struggle to make an impact on education reform / Helen Zelon -- Large class sizes are unfair to students / Scott Thill -- US colleges lack the rigor needed to compete globally / Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa -- US students trail global peers in foreign language learning / Lewis Beale -- College access is shrinking despite demand for an educated workforce / Kim Clark -- Education budget cuts forecast a less prepared workforce / Gary Scharrer -- The United States must produce better teachers to compete globally / Judith Kleinfeld.

  Held by:

  TODD AURORA

  Subject term:

  Education--Economic aspects--United States.

  Subject term:

  Economic development--Effect of education on--United States.

  Subject term:

  Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

  Subject term:

  Education and globalization--United States.

  Subject term:

  Educational change--United States.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Bartos, Judeen.

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