Compares United States elementary education practices with those in Asia and comes to some surprising conclusions.

"It is no secret that American education is in crisis. Our children lag behind students in other countries--and they are losing ground. In The Learning Gap, Har

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Explore why some schools are making more progress than others, so you can focus on what works and build the capacity of high-performance, high-poverty schools.

A revised edition of a popular resource builds on the authors' findings that key problems in teaching methods are causing America to lag behind international ac