| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
695 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print basic
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| Note |
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2011. |
| Contents |
The diagnosis. If you see something, say something ; Ignoring our problems ; Ignoring our history -- The education challenge. Up in the air ; Help wanted ; Homework x 2 = the American dream ; Average is over -- The war on math and physics. "This is our due" ; The war on math (and the future) ; The war on physics and other good things -- Political failure. The terrible twos ; "Whatever it is, I'm against it" ; Devaluation -- Rediscovering America. They just didn't get the word ; Shock therapy ; Rediscovering America. |
| Note |
GMD: large print. |
| Subject |
Creative ability -- United States.
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Education and state -- United States.
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Information technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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| Added Author |
Mandelbaum, Michael.
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| ISBN |
9781410441287 hardcover $34.99 |
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1410441288 hardcover |
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