Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization

Publisher ASCD writes: Based on his own experience as a student in China and as a parent of children attending school in the United States, author Yong Zhao skewers conventional wisdom while setting straight the recent history and current state of U.S. schools. In Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization, Zhao makes his case by explaining:

• Why the perceived weaknesses of American education are actually its strengths.
• How reform proponents, business executives, and politicians have misjudged American education.
• Why China and other nations in Asia are actually reforming their systems to be more like their American counterparts.
• What really matters for an education system and what really counts as educational excellence.
   

You can pre-order this book, which comes out in September 2009, through the ASCD website.