Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1                  The New World of Work and the Seven Survival Skills

CHAPTER 2                  The Old World of School

CHAPTER 3                  Testing, 1 2 3

CHAPTER 4                  Reinventing the Education Profession

CHAPTER 5                  Motivating Today’s Students—and Tomorrow’s Workers

CHAPTER 6                  Closing the Gap: Schools That Work

CONCLUSION: A FEW ANSWERS—AND MORE QUESTIONS

AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION

FIVE YEARS LATER: THE WORST OF TIMES, THE BEST OF TIMES

NOTES

INDEX