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The must-read summary of Diane Ravitch's book: "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How testing and Choice are Undermining Education".
This complete summary of "The Death and Life of the Great American School System" by Diane Ravitch, one of America's best-known education experts and former assistant secretary of education, presents her explanation of why ideas for restructuring schools have had no positive impact on the quality...
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This complete summary of "The Global Achievement Gap" by Tony Wagner outlines the author's argument that there is a disconnect between what schools are providing students - passive learning experience and what employers are looking for - critical thinkers and problem solvers. He also recommends ways to motivate the future generation to succeed in today's world.
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The must-read summary of Brooke Broadbent's book: "ABCs of e-Learning: Reaping the Benefits and Avoiding the Pitfalls".
This complete summary of the ideas from Brooke Broadbent's book "ABCs of e-Learning" shows that with computers and the Internet being so widely accessible, the digital space is a perfect vehicle for cost-effective learning. Electronic learning, or e-Learning as it is known, has not been half as successful as it could be. Apart...