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

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What is it like to be a child in the world's new education superpowers? Amanda Ripley follows three Americans embedded in these countries for one year. Kim, fifteen, raises $10,000 so she can move from Oklahoma to Finland; Eric, eighteen, exchanges a high-achieving Minnesota suburb for a boomin...

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Main Author: Ripley, Amanda
Corporate Author: Tantor Media
Other Authors: Reading, Kate
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: [Old Saybrook, Ct.] : Tantor Media, Inc., ℗2013.
Subjects:
Comparative education.
Education > Finland.
Education > Korea (South)
Education > Poland.
EDUCATION. > Educational Policy & Reform. > General.
EDUCATION. > Comparative.
EDUCATION. > General.
Education.
Finland.
Korea (South)
Poland.
Audiobooks.
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Summary:What is it like to be a child in the world's new education superpowers? Amanda Ripley follows three Americans embedded in these countries for one year. Kim, fifteen, raises $10,000 so she can move from Oklahoma to Finland; Eric, eighteen, exchanges a high-achieving Minnesota suburb for a booming city in South Korea; and Tom, seventeen, leaves a historic Pennsylvania village for Poland. Their stories reveal a pattern of startling transformation.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Title from container.
Duration: 7:300:00.
Physical Description:7 audio discs (7.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:45:00:0
ISBN:9781452616117
1452616116