The most talked-about education book this semester.
It is time to start thinking about the kind of education needed by the young people who will run the country.. -America\'s future depends on how we educate the academically gifted.
Only a fraction of students struggling to get a degree can profit from education at the college level. -Too many people are going to college.
Yet decades of policies have required Schools to divert resources to unattainable goals.
Many children cannot learn more than rudimentary reading and math. -Half of the children are below average.
Children differ in their ability to learn, but America\'s educational system does its best to ignore this. -Ability varies.
With Four Truths as his framework, Charles Murray, the bestselling coauthor of The Bell Curve , sweeps away the hypocrisy, wishful thinking, and upside-down priorities that grip America\'s educational establishment. -- New York Times From the author of Coming Apart , and based on a series of controversial Wall Street Journal op-eds, this landmark manifesto gives voice to what everyone knows about talent, ability, and intelligence but no one wants to admit.
The most talked-about education book this semester
