Today in the us only 1 in 10 low income kindergarteners goes on to graduate from college and at a time when education matters more than ever the us high school graduation rate currently 70 percent has dropped from first in the world to the bottom half of rankings for comparable nations. In the flat world and education linda darling hammond makes the case for a radical rethinking of american public education she advocates replacing the factory model schools originally designed to train students to function as laborers within an industrial manufacturing context with thinking schools whose aim is to prepare students with the skills necessary to compete in . The flat world and education how americas commitment to equity will determine our future multicultural education series author linda darling hammond publisher teachers college press 2015 isbn 0807770620 9780807770627 length 394 pages subjects. The flat world and education how americas commitment to equity will determine our future multicultural education series author darling hammond linda banks james a. The flat world and education how americas commitment to equity will determine our future item preview remove circle share or embed this item the flat world and education how americas commitment to equity will determine our future by darling hammond linda 1951