"The author draws upon his recent book for the OECD, World Class: How to Build a 21st Century School System, to explore how we can deliver the pace of educational improvement that we will need to win the race with technology and societal change, while acknowledging the current institutional constraints and realities that educators are familiar with. Acknowledging that improvement in education is far easier to proclaim than achieve, he dispels some myths and looks at evidence of successes from which we can learn - not by copying and pasting solutions from other schools or countries, but by looking seriously and dispassionately at effective practice and policy around the world." -- Back cover
