The Smartest Kids in the World by William Brink https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7 Amanda Ripley en-us 2017-09-12 20:48:29 UTC 2017-09-12 21:54:53 UTC hello@padlet.com The Author: Brief background wmbrink https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186971976 Amanda Ripley is a writer for Time magazine, with a more recent focus on education across the world. ]]> 2017-09-12 20:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186971976 The Premise wmbrink https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186973793 The book follows three exchange students from the US and follow their time overseas. It highlights the difference in education overseas through the eye of the student]]> 2017-09-12 20:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186973793 Important characters wmbrink https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186974195 Kim: 15, from Oklahoma, went to Finland 
Eric: 18, from Minnesota, went to South Korea
Tom: 17, from Pennsylvania, went to Poland

]]> 2017-09-12 21:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186974195 PISA wmbrink https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186975709 A test developed in the late 90's developed to test critical thinking skills]]> 2017-09-12 21:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186975709 Korea's approach wmbrink https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186976421 Following post Korean War has seen a sharp rise in performance of students, but has made education so competitive it has created a extremely high stress environment]]> 2017-09-12 21:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186976421 Finland's Approach wmbrink https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186977142 Finland emphasis early education, and teaches math not a single subject but a web of ways to solve issues. ]]> 2017-09-12 21:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186977142 Poland's Approach wmbrink https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186979640 Poland coming into the 21st century was well behind the education curve, in three years they turned it around. Poland underwent harsh educational reform, introducing rigor into the then failing system.]]> 2017-09-12 21:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186979640 The purpose wmbrink https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186980250 Change can happen in the US and it needs to if we want to compete in a 21st century economy. ]]> 2017-09-12 21:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186980250 How do we improve education?/ Whats the take away? wmbrink https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186980629 2017-09-12 21:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/wmbrink/fd94c6eb6bi7/wish/186980629