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The Smartest Kid in the World

(us) Ripley

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"The Smartest Kids in the World" three American high school students went to Finland, South Korea, and Poland for a year of exchange. All three countries produce some of the smartest kids in the world, but just a few decades ago, their kids weren't that smart at all. By telling the stories of exchange students, combined with the author's in-depth field investigations in the three countries, and comprehensive communication with many education policy makers, teachers, parents and students, this book explains: How can Finland, South Korea, and Poland change the mediocre education situation in their countries? What kind of soil was the world's smartest child born from? What did three American children see? What did you learn? What kind of education is excellent? How to find a good world-class school? The narration of the whole book is vivid and realistic, and has strong readability and reference.