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A new book finds a startling conclusion in schools across the globe: they value the intellect more than we do. By Dana Goldstein.

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For all our national hand-wringing about standardized testing and teacher tenure, many of us immersed in the American education debate can’t escape the nagging suspicion that something else—something cultural, something nearly intangible—is holding back our school system.

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