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Chapter 3: Why America Hasn't Lost Yet
 * The US ranked number 1 out of 131 countries on the 2007-08 Global Competitiveness Index, which measures "the ability of countries to provide high levels of prosperity to their citizens"
 * Core innovations that drove the global digital revolution were created in the US
 * In 2008, researchers at RAND Corporation found that the US continued to lead the world in science and technology
 * In 2003, the National Science Foundation reported a 40 percent increase in the number of college graduates between 1993 and 2003
 * The author poses the question: How could a "nation at risk" and a "generation of Americans that is scientifically and technologically illiterate" accomplish this?
 * What really matters, or what really helped the U.S. maintain its lead, may lie somewhere else, such as in the overall philosophical approach to education, aggregation of all activities outside and inside the school, and how students and teachers treat one another. (Yong Zhao)
 * Children are like popcorn. They all pop, some sooner, and some later, but in the end they all pop - Idea of letting children develop and learn at their own pace
 * Unfortunately, this is not the mentality that most leaders and educators have.
 * Showcasing students gifts and believing in and uplifting them have been replaced by you have to pass the test or you are considered a failure.
 * When did teachers and students become defined by a number?
 * While we are moving towards educational reform that Asian countries have created, in turn these countries are taking a new approach that lessens the restraints on students and teachers. Why?
 * Yong states because these countries know very well the damage that results from standardization and high-stakes testing.

Chapter 4: Why China Is Not a Threat Yet Chater 5: The Challenges, Part I (david) Chapter 6: The Challenges, Part II (david)
 * The cost of high scores is depicted through this youtube video of china students.
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