Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2014-11-27
Books mentioned on 188. Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem?
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Stephen Dubner discussed The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley and The teacher wars by Dana Goldstein.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Smartest Kids in the World
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley is an educational study that investigates international school systems and the factors contributing to academic success abroad.
Discussed“He was citing Amanda Ripley, who wrote a book called The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way. To get into education college in Finland is like getting into MIT in the United States.”
Where to get it
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The teacher wars
The teacher wars by Dana Goldstein is a comprehensive historical examination of public school teaching, educational reform, and the political battles surrounding the profession in the United States.
Discussed“She has written a book called The Teacher Wars, A History of America's Most Embattled Profession. And that is unusual compared to a lot of the nations that we compare ourselves to, whether it's Japan or South Korea or Finland.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Lessons of hope
“Klein has rolled his education experience into a new book called Lessons of Hope, How to Fix Our Schools.”