Copyright © 2008 by Tony Wagner

Afterword © 2010 by Tony Wagner

“Five Years Later” © 2014 by Tony Wagner

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wagner, Tony.

The global achievement gap : why even our best schools don’t teach the new survival skills our children need—and what we can do about it / Tony Wagner.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Education, Secondary—Aims and objectives—United States. 2. Educational change—United States. 3. School improvement programs—United States. I. Title.

LB1607.5 .W34 2008

370.13—dc22

2009419316

ISBN 978-0-465-05596-8 (revised e-book)

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