The Smartest Kids in the World (47 page)

unions of,
63
,
84
,
85
,
133
–34,
166
,
271
n,
283
n

in Washington, D.C.,
164
–65

world-class education and,
215
–18

Teach Like a Champion
(Lemov),
113

technology, America’s overinvestment in,
51
–52,
64
,
144
,
214
–15,
224
–25,
224
,
269
n

television,
36
,
191
,
276
n

testing,
22
,
54
–58,
90
,
117
,
131
–32,
191
,
266
n

in America,
4
,
57
,
73
,
100
,
132
,
155
–56,
263
n
,
266
n

college entrance,
51
,
54
–55,
56
,
114
–16,
132
,
145

of Elina,
99
–100

in Finland,
90
,
156
–57,
165

high school graduation,
33
,
34
,
54
–55,
96
,
117
,
119
,
146
,
155
–58,
185
–86,
263
n,
283
n,
287
n
–88
n

Korea’s emphasis on,
7
,
51
,
54
–55,
56
,
61

literacy,
33
,
135
,
136

lying about,
61

NAEP,
261
n,
262
n

in Oklahama,
33
–34,
185
–86

in Poland,
131
–32

public rankings and,
55
,
72

in Sallisaw,
27
,
261
n

standardized,
57
,
73
,
90
,
117
,
131
,
132
,
266
n

of teachers,
91
,
93
,
94
,
272
n
,
274
n

see also
ACT; international tests; PISA; SAT

Texas,
37
–38,
75

textbooks,
59
,
74
,
88
,
133

Thailand,
94

third graders,
71
,
76
,
138
,
269
n

Tiistilä school,
161
–67

Time,
1
,
153
–54,
264
n

time management,
117

Tom (American exchange student),
x
,
8
,
67
–72,
67
,
77

background of,
68
–69

differences noticed by,
144

at Gettysburg High,
138
,
140
–45

homecoming of,
180
–81,
187
–89,
194

in Poland,
67
–68,
71
,
72
,
124
,
125
–29,
139
,
144
–46,
214

poor math skills of,
67
–68,
69
,
71
,
72
,
77
,
78

reading of,
69
,
180
,
187
,
188
–89

tracking and,
138

Toyota,
263
n

tracking,
132
,
136
–40,
160

“Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study” (TIMSS),
121

trigonometry,
76

Tripod survey,
210
–11,
289
n

trophies,
82
,
110

trust, in Finland,
24
,
92
,
97
,
273
n

tuition,
93
,
174
,
175
,
267
n

Tulsa, Okla.,
32
,
43

Tulsa World,
34
,
186

Turkey,
27
,
135
,
140

tutoring,
65
,
102
,
112
,
173
,
261
n

in Korea,
see
hagwons

unemployment,
2
,
43
,
181
,
195
,
255
n

unions, teacher,
63
,
84
,
85
,
90
,
166
,
191
,
271
n,
283
n

in Finland,
84
–85,
90
,
166
,
271
n

in Japan,
271
n

in Korea,
63

in Poland,
133
–34

United Kingdom,
3
,
121
,
139
,
266
n

United Nations,
127
,
193

United States,
1
–2,
4
–9,
116
–20,
132
,
180

advantages of,
4
–5

affluent children in,
4
,
70
,
212
,
256
n
,
259
n

afterschool lessons in,
65

corporal punishment in,
266
n

diversity and,
4
,
6
,
17
,
91
,
158
–60,
163
,
165
,
218

early childhood programs in,
78

education reform in,
90
–92,
96

end-of-school tests in,
33
,
263
n

exchange students’ homecomings to,
180
–99

Finland compared with,
39
–40,
41
,
71
,
85
–97,
122
,
140
,
155
–57,
162
–63,
165
,
166
,
168
,
193
,
212
,
217
,
218
,
256
n,
257
n,
271
n,
283
n,
285
n

free or low-cost lunch in,
256
n
–57
n

high school graduation rates in,
5
,
49
,
257
n

Jenny in,
104
–6,
189
–90

Korea compared with,
49
,
51
–52,
55
,
57
,
59
–65,
118
,
122
,
172
,
175
,
212
,
218
,
256
n,
257
n

local control of education in,
74
,
75

math deficiency in,
65
,
69
–78

“moon bounce” in,
192
–93

Norway compared with,
86

parenting in,
107
–13,
117
,
163
,
187
,
192
,
196
,
276
n

performance-level changes in,
3

PISA test and,
15
,
17
–18,
22
–24,
59
,
70
,
86
,
114
,
122
,
123
,
127
,
136
,
158
,
160
,
169
,
198
,
256
n,
260
n,
281
n

Poland compared with,
24
,
70
,
71
,
127
,
135
–36,
146
,
212
,
281
n

poverty in,
6
,
24
,
71
,
119
,
126
,
127
,
136
,
140
,
141
,
160
,
163
,
164
,
195
,
256
n
–57
n

private schools in,
17
,
168
,
211
–12,
259
n,
261
n

research and development in,
5
,
257
n

school purpose in,
64
,
74

sports in,
41
,
64
,
68
,
118
,
119
,
143
,
212
,
228
–29,
228
,
278
n

teacher training in,
63
,
85
–97,
116
,
268
n

technology in,
51
–52,
64
,
214
–15,
224
–25,
224
,
269
n

tracking in,
136
,
138
–39

unions in,
271
n
,
283
n

universities and colleges,
180
–81

entrance tests for,
51
,
54
–55,
56
,
114
–16,
132
,
145

Ivy League,
65

Korean,
54
–55,
58
,
59
–60,
62
,
63
,
64
,
175
,
266
n,
268
n

math in,
71

PISA’s predictive power and,
24
,
261
n

Polish,
131
–32

remedial classes and,
37
,
265
n

research,
5

teacher training in,
62
,
63
,
64
,
84
–97,
147
,
268
n,
271
n
–74
n

university leaders,
273
n

utopia,
24

Vassar College,
180
,
187
,
188

Virginia,
75
,
198

virtual high school,
154
–55,
183
–85

vocational schools,
135
,
136
–37,
139
,
140
,
142
–43,
160
,
167
,
178
–79,
270
n
–71
n

volunteering, parental,
107
–10,
275
n
–76
n

Vuorinen, Heikki,
x
,
162
,
163
,
165
–66

Washington, D.C.,
1
–2,
4
,
164
–65,
266
n

BASIS schools in,
197

private school in,
211
–12

Schleicher in,
18
–20

Taylor’s teaching in,
195
–97,
218

wealth,
49
,
65
,
112
,
119
,
163
,
192
,
212

Wiśniewski, Jerzy,
135
–37

Woessmann, Ludger,
3
,
255
n

Woolf, Virginia,
180
,
187
,
188

world-class education, identifying,
207
–18

World Economic Forum,
186

World Happiness Report,
193

World War II,
38
,
102
,
124
–25,
126
,
144

writing,
77
,
101
,
113
,
182
,
188
,
217
,
262
n

Wrocław,
67
–68,
67
,
71
–72,
124
–30,
124
,
139
,
144
–45,
187

Youth for Understanding,
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