Cuba's Academic Advantage: Why Students in Cuba Do Better in School » (1)

Martin Carnoy is Professor of Education and Economics at Stanford University. He is the author of All Else Equal: Are Private and Public Schools Different (2002), Sustaining the New Economy: Work, Family and Community in the Information Age (2000), and Faded Dreams: The Economics and Politics of Race in America (1994).

The first in-depth analysis of how an entire educational system delivers higher student achievement.

List of Figures     vii
List of Tables     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
Context Matters     1
Three Educational Systems in Three Social Contexts     18
Understanding Why School Achievement Varies     45
Comparing Academic Performance in Cuba and Other Latin American Countries     56
The Long Road from Curriculum Construction to Student Learning     78
Opportunity to Learn and Teaching Patterns     112
Lessons Learned     141
A Production Function Estimates of Student Achievement in Latin America, by Country     161
B Definitions of Terms Used in Chapter 6 and Task Analysis Guide     180
Notes     185
References     193
Index     201