The Smartest Kids in the World (44 page)

homogeneity,
158
–61

see also
difference; diversity; race

homosexuality,
49
,
66

Hong Kong,
71
,
255
n,
260
n,
269
n,
275
n

how to find a world-class school,
207
–18

humility,
277
n

Hungary,
70
,
265
n,
275
n

immigrants,
17
,
101
,
110
,
158
,
159
–60,
165
,
167

income,
17
,
70
,
139
,
141
,
159
,
162
,
181
,
218

educational success and,
255
n,
256
n

happiness and,
193

math skills and,
16

parental involvement and,
107
,
110
,
111

personality and,
278
n

PISA and,
255
n,
257
n

in Sallisaw,
35
,
95
,
264
n

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

inequality,
138
,
163

intelligence,
111
–12,
120

International Bacclaureate Diploma Programme,
47
,
49
,
54
,
139

international tests,
4
,
7
,
14
–25,
39

non-PISA,
121
,
258
n

see also
PISA

Ireland,
184

Iron Child competition,
58
–61,
65
,
285
n

Israel,
140

Italy,
39
,
121
,
222
,
275
n

performance-level changes in,
3

Japan, Japanese,
3
,
4
,
52
,
73
,
122
,
139
,
155
,
158
,
265
n

performance-level changes in,
3

unions in,
271
n

U.S. compared with,
262
n

Jenny (Korean student),
x
,
8
,
104
–6,
104
,
118
,
191

in hagwon,
172
–74

in New Jersey,
189
–90

Ji (Korean teenager),
61
–62

jobs,
102
,
120
,
131
,
143
,
147
,
181
,
182
,
257
n,
282
n

challenge of filling,
5
,
182
–83

stress from,
68

Jordon, Dwan,
211

junior high schools, Polish,
131
,
132
,
133
,
134
,
137
,
280
n

Jyväskylä, University of,
84
–85,
86
,
271
n

Kate (Kim’s sister),
38
,
152

Kern, Sally,
194

Khan, Salman,
270
n

Kim, Andrew,
x
,
169
–71,
169
,
174
,
286
n

Kim, Stephen,
268
n
–69
n

Kim (American exchange student),
x
,
8
,
26
–45,
77
,
93
,
141

AFS interview of,
43
,
44

afterschool activities of,
101
–3

attitude of,
30

blog posts of,
43
–44,
283
n

curiosity of,
28
,
38
,
82

in decision to become exchange student,
38
–39

depression of,
151
–53,
283
n

differences noticed by,
102
,
117
,
120
–21

Duke summer camp and,
32
,
39

Eric compared with,
47

in Finland,
81
–84,
81
,
90
,
97
–99,
101
–3,
117
,
119
,
120
–21,
151
–55,
158
,
167
,
183
,
191
,
214

fundraising of,
26
,
41
–45,
152

grandparents of,
42
–45

homecoming of,
180
–81,
183
–86,
194

math dreaded by,
30
,
41
,
77
,
78
,
262
n

rat experiments opposed by,
28
–29

SAT of,
29
–32,
262
n

scholarships won by,
44

state test and,
27
,
261
n

Texas visit of,
37
–38

virtual high school decision of,
154
–55,
183
–85

Kimball Elementary School,
2

Kim Song-ah,
285
n

kindergarten,
118
,
192
,
217

Korea,
see
South Korea

Korea Electric Power Corp.,
114
–15

Korean language,
47
,
59
,
66
,
115

Korea Times,
62
,
285
n

Krystek (Polish teenager),
129

Kwon, Hyunsoo,
285
n

Lavinia, Arin,
218

Lawrence, Marie,
220
,
258
n

leadership,
118
,
147
,
194
,
199
,
216

learning,
108
,
109
,
111
,
116
,
137
,
139
,
163
,
192
,
193
,
195

disparities in,
2

Finnish students’ seriousness about,
84
,
270
n
–71
n

world-class education and,
208
,
213
,
218

Lee Chae-yun,
x
,
171
–72

Lee Ju-ho,
x
,
58
–60,
62
–65,
268
n

Lemov, Doug,
113

length:

of school day,
55
–57,
264
n

of school year,
56

libraries,
60
,
102
,
177
–78,
276
n

literacy tests,
33
,
135
,
136

Literatka,
128

loans, student,
37
,
85

logic, math as language of,
70
,
72

Los Angeles survey,
286
n

LO XIII,
129
,
144
–46

“love sticks,”
52
,
53
,
266
n

lunch, free or low-cost,
256
n
–57
n

Luxembourg,
24

Luxembourg Income Study,
279

lying,
61
,
62

Macao,
255
n,
275
n

McDonald’s,
43
,
182

McPeak, Jerry,
185

Manpower,
5

Marshall, Paula,
x
,
181
–83,
287
n

Martens, Ernie,
ix
,
35
–36

Massachusetts,
73
,
269
n

master’s degree,
86
,
88
,
272
n

math,
4
,
33
,
37
,
59
,
67
–78,
88
,
113
,
120
,
143
,
157
,
182
,
183
,
192
,
212

AFS survey and,
231
–32,
236
–37

college,
71

college-readiness benchmark in,
269
n
–70
n

critical thinking in,
1
,
4
,
15

future predicted by skill in,
70

Kim’s dread of,
30
,
41
,
77
,
78
,
262
n

in Korea,
62
–63,
64

as language of logic,
70
,
71

in Minnesota,
47
,
72
–73,
75

in Oklahoma,
27
,
93
–95,
261
n

in Poland,
67
–68,
128
,
159

teachers of,
see
teachers, math

tests of,
16
,
20
–21,
21
,
24
,
27
,
31
,
47
,
62
–63,
70
–73,
76
,
95
,
99
–100,
112
,
122
,
123
,
132
,
135
,
136
,
159
,
165
,
180
,
198
,
255
n,
261
n,
281
n

Tom’s difficulties with,
67
–68,
69
,
71
,
72
,
77
,
78

U.S. deficiency in,
65
,
69
–78

May, Henry,
121
–22

Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project,
220
,
289
n

Megastudy,
169
,
170
,
174

Memphis, Tenn.,
266
n,
267
n

meritocracy,
60
,
175

metamorphosis,
24
,
124
–27

Mexico,
23

middle schools,
30
,
59
,
62
,
69
,
118
,
217

Miliband, Ed,
193

Minnesota,
46
,
47
,
51
–52,
188

graduation test in,
55

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

math proficiency in,
72
–73,
75

Oklahoma compared with,
47

Minnesota Department of Education,
267
n

Minnetonka, Minn.,
46
,
47
,
51
–52

Minnetonka High School,
47
,
51
–52,
53
,
60
–61,
267
n

minorities,
139
,
158
,
162
–63

teacher training and,
91
,
92
,
273
n
–74
n

see also
diversity

Mission Impossible
(Moskowitz and Lavinia),
218

Moskowitz, Eva,
218

motivation,
33
,
60
,
86
,
96
,
98
–99,
100
,
120
,
121
,
166
,
263
n

music,
72
,
128
,
142

Myungin Academy,
171

Namsan,
49
–57,
60
–61,
66
,
115
,
189

cafeteria at,
53
–54,
56

dropout rate for,
61
,
267
n

Eric’s first class day at,
51
–56,
64
,
75
–76

Eric’s first visit to,
49
–51

sleeping at,
52
–53

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP),
261
n,
262
n,
282
n

National Council on Teacher Quality,
143

Native Americans,
27

Nazis,
124
–25,
126

Netherlands, performance-level changes in,
3

New Hampshire,
40
,
265
n

New Jersey,
106
,
189
–90

Newsweek,
47

New York, N.Y.,
5
,
217
–18

New York State,
159