The Smartest Kids in the World (46 page)

rigor,
116
–19,
140
,
158
,
168
,
208

in Finland,
156
,
168

in Poland,
131
,
146
,
147

in Singapore,
161

in U.S.,
132
,
136
,
160
,
189
,
192
,
194
–97,
217
,
226
,
282
n

Roosevelt, Franklin,
126

Rotary Clubs,
8
,
51

Russia,
82
,
102

Sallisaw, Okla.,
26
–32,
26
,
34
–45,
102
,
152

education spending in,
264
n

income in,
35
,
95
,
264
n

state test in,
27
,
261
n

Sallisaw High School,
34
–37,
40
–41,
82
,
83
,
87
,
154
,
184

SAT,
29
–32,
51
,
54
–55,
116
,
143
,
156
,
158
,
175
,
189
,
196
,
262
n

of teachers,
91
,
93
,
96
–97,
274
n

Schleicher, Andreas,
ix
,
13
–20,
13
,
107
,
134
–35,
214
,
258
n,
259
n

Schmidt, William,
74
,
281
n

Scholastic,
266
n

science,
4
,
14
,
59
,
70
,
77
,
88
,
138
,
143
,
217

critical thinking in,
1
,
4

in Korea,
53

Oklahoma standards in,
40
,
265
n

tests of,
7
,
15
,
20
,
22
,
24
,
70
,
95
,
136
,
198
,
258
n,
281
n

segregation,
139
,
160
,
161
,
285
n

self-control,
111
,
120

self-esteem,
109
–12,
116
,
154
,
217
,
276
n

self-reliance,
277
n

Seoul,
169

author in,
58
–65,
171
,
176
–78

Seoul National University,
58
,
175
,
266
n

Sequoyah County Times,
32

Seven Brothers
(Finnish classic),
82

Seven Dog Brothers
(children’s book),
82
–83,
84

Shanghai,
25
,
158
,
183
,
198
,
255
n,
260
n

Singapore,
25
,
139
,
160
–61

sisu,
153
–54

skills, modern workplace,
5
–6,
23
,
70
,
77
–78,
120
–21,
140
,
258
n
–59
n

sleep,
36

in Korean classes,
52
–53,
56
,
66
,
105
,
169
,
266
n

Slovak Republic,
198

Slovenia,
70
,
140

smoking,
145
,
187

social studies,
138

socks,
51
,
66

South Korea,
4
,
8
,
22
–25,
46
–66,
46
,
104
–7,
119
,
127
,
141
,
168
–79,
190
,
191
,
199
,
222
,
275
n

author’s visit to,
25
,
58
–66,
176
–78,
277
n

claustrophobia in,
65
–66

conformity in,
66

education as antipoverty vaccine in,
60

Education Ministry in,
58
,
62

education reduced to numbers in,
54
–55

education spending in,
170
,
174
,
175
,
261
n

end-of-school tests in,
262
n

Finland compared with,
65
,
155
,
175
,
266
n,
268
n,
277
n

“hamster wheel” in,
192

history of,
58
–65,
268
n

length of school day in,
55
–57,
268
n

Minnesota compared with,
47
,
60
–61,
73
,
116
,
267
n

nonacademic school work in,
56

performance-level changes in,
3

PISA in,
22
,
23
,
24
,
57
,
59
,
60
,
65
,
70
,
122
,
161
,
172
,
173
,
198
,
275
n

poverty in,
59
,
64
,
71
,
174
,
267
n

pressure-cooker model of,
24
,
54
–61,
65
,
168
–78,
285
n

private tutoring in,
see
hagwons

punishment in,
265
n
–66
n

school purpose in,
64

special needs in,
285
n

sports and fitness in,
118
,
190

study curfew in,
24
,
56
,
176
–78

suicide in,
175

as “talent powerhouse,”
59

teachers in,
see
teachers, Korean

teacher training in,
62
,
63
,
64
,
268
n
–69
n

U.S. compared with,
see
United States, Korea compared with

U.S. view of education in,
7
,
58
,
258
n

vocational school in,
178
–79

see also
Busan; Namsan

Soviet Union,
124
–25

Spain,
95
,
274
n
–75
n

Spałka, Urszula,
x
,
146

special education,
139
,
164
,
185
,
284
n
–85
n

Spiegel, Der,
15

sports,
64
,
68
,
102
,
109
–10,
116
,
118
–19,
143
,
192
,
278
n

AFS survey and,
228
–29,
228

football,
41
,
87
,
93
,
142
,
143
,
145
,
191
,
212

in Poland,
145

Stalin, Joseph,
125

standards,
190

academic,
47
,
89
,
93
,
273
n

Common Core,
75
,
194

of Jenny,
105
,
106

math,
73
,
74
–75,
77

reading,
75

science,
40
,
77
,
265
n

state vs. local,
73

teacher-training,
84
–86,
88
–93,
273
n
–74
n

Stara, Tiina,
x
,
82
–87,
93
,
155
,
156

statistics,
70
,
86

Steinbeck, John,
26

stereotypes,
18
,
59
,
109
,
110
,
164

stoner kids,
83
–84,
193

stress,
6
,
36
,
57
–58,
66
,
102
–3

job,
68

Strong Performers
(OECD report),
271
n

students,
18

affluent vs. low-income,
70
,
255
n
–57
n,
267
n

exchange,
see
exchange students

immigrant vs. native,
17

success,
72
,
109
,
120
,
140
,
182

world-class education and,
216
–17

Success Academy charter schools,
217
–18

suicide,
175

superintendents,
186
,
263
n,
266
n,
281
n

in Oklahoma,
34
–35,
87
,
263
n

Supreme Court, Korean,
175

Susanne (Kim’s host mother),
x
,
45
,
102
–3,
151
,
154

children of,
45
,
103
,
151
,
152

Sweden,
38
,
82
,
139
,
266
n

performance-level changes in,
3

Taylor, William,
ix
,
195
–97,
218

teachers,
9
,
17
–18,
25
,
82
–95,
113
,
139
,
189
–92,
281
n

aides,
33
,
262
n

American, friendliness of,
157

evaluation of,
63
,
85
,
96
,
195
,
266
n
–67
n

Finnish,
41
,
82
–91,
93
,
98
,
116
–17,
119
,
139
–40,
155
,
156
,
162
,
163
,
165
–66,
168
,
215
,
216
,
268
n,
271
n

firing of,
84
,
172
,
271
n

German,
157

in Gettysburg, Pa.
141
,
142
,
143

income of,
61
,
64
,
133
,
147
,
166
,
169
,
170
,
172
,
195
–96,
267
n
–68
n,
286
n

Korean,
7
,
52
–53,
56
,
59
,
61
,
62
–63,
76
,
116
–17,
169
–70,
215
,
258
n,
266
n
–69
n,
285
n

math,
41
,
84
,
87
–88,
93
–95,
112
,
128
,
195
–97,
232
,
274
n

in Minnesota,
47
,
52
,
61
,
73
,
76
,
267
n
–68
n

in Oklahoma,
29
,
30
,
33
,
40
,
41
,
87
–88

Polish,
67
–68,
71
–72,
128
,
131
,
133
,
134
,
137
,
145
,
147

praise by,
229
–31,
229

prestige of,
84
–97,
268
n
,
273
n

ratio of students to,
33
,
59
,
262
n
–263
n,
281
n

salaries of,
see
teachers, income of

stereotyping of students by,
163
–64

student,
86
–87,
94
,
274
n

surplus of,
87
,
88
,
91
,
97

test scores of,
88
,
91
,
93
,
94
,
96
–97,
272
n
,
274
n

training of,
62
–63,
64
,
84
–97,
116
,
118
,
147
,
268
n
–69
n,
271
n
–74
n