Finn, Chester E.,  Jr.,  1944- <br/><br/>
Failing our brightest kids :  the global challenge of educating high-ability students / 
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Brandon L. Wright. 
 - viii, 299 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Educating smart kids : why bother? -- How is the United States doing? -- How disagreement holds us back -- How the system slows us down -- Will differentiation move us forward? -- How do other countries educate smart kids? -- Japan : early neglect, later intensity -- Singapore : enough of a good thing? -- Korea : too much pressure? -- Taiwan : do as we say, not as we do -- Finland : not quite as advertised -- Germany : differentiating without differences -- Hungary : much talk, less action -- Switzerland : decentralized to excess? -- England : sifting through the policy rubble -- Ontario : how "special" is "gifted"? -- Western Australia : in for the long haul -- What have we learned? -- Moves America should make. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1612508413 9781612508412 9781612508429 1612508421 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015937064 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gifted children--Education--United States.<br/>Gifted children--Education.<br/>Gifted children--Education.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC3993.9  / .F565 2015 LC3993.9  / .F565 2015