Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, executive director of the Confucius Institute, as well as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the International Academy of Education.

"In this important book, Yong Zhao demonstrates persuasively that the race for higher test scores is harmful to our society. It contradicts the need to develop our young people′s creativity and entrepreneurship. If we ignore Yong Zhao′s warning, we risk hurtling back to an industrial model of standardization and conformity. What is needed most now, he reminds us, is freedom to think, freedom to invent, and freedom to differ from bureaucratically devised norms."

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroduction: To Create Is Human1. The Wrong Bet: Why Common Curriculum and Standards Won′t Help2. The Changed World: The Need for Entrepreneurs3. What Makes an Entrepreneur: The Entrepreneurial Spirit4. Achievement Gap vs. Entrepreneurship Gap: The Myth of Education Giants5. China vs. the U.S.: How the Best Education Stifles the Entrepreneurial Spirit6. From Accident to Design: A Paradigm Shift7. Freedom to Learn: Student Autonomy and Leadership8. Product-Oriented Learning: Works That Matter9. The Globe Is Our Campus: Global Entrepreneurs and Enterprises10. Create a World-Class Education: Principles and IndicatorsIndex

Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, executive director of the Confucius Institute, as well as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the International Academy of Education.

"In this important book, Yong Zhao demonstrates persuasively that the race for higher test scores is harmful to our society. It contradicts the need to develop our young people′s creativity and entrepreneurship. If we ignore Yong Zhao′s warning, we risk hurtling back to an industrial model of standardization and conformity. What is needed most now, he reminds us, is freedom to think, freedom to invent, and freedom to differ from bureaucratically devised norms."

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroduction: To Create Is Human1. The Wrong Bet: Why Common Curriculum and Standards Won′t Help2. The Changed World: The Need for Entrepreneurs3. What Makes an Entrepreneur: The Entrepreneurial Spirit4. Achievement Gap vs. Entrepreneurship Gap: The Myth of Education Giants5. China vs. the U.S.: How the Best Education Stifles the Entrepreneurial Spirit6. From Accident to Design: A Paradigm Shift7. Freedom to Learn: Student Autonomy and Leadership8. Product-Oriented Learning: Works That Matter9. The Globe Is Our Campus: Global Entrepreneurs and Enterprises10. Create a World-Class Education: Principles and IndicatorsIndex

Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, executive director of the Confucius Institute, as well as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the International Academy of Education.

"In this important book, Yong Zhao demonstrates persuasively that the race for higher test scores is harmful to our society. It contradicts the need to develop our young people′s creativity and entrepreneurship. If we ignore Yong Zhao′s warning, we risk hurtling back to an industrial model of standardization and conformity. What is needed most now, he reminds us, is freedom to think, freedom to invent, and freedom to differ from bureaucratically devised norms."

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroduction: To Create Is Human1. The Wrong Bet: Why Common Curriculum and Standards Won′t Help2. The Changed World: The Need for Entrepreneurs3. What Makes an Entrepreneur: The Entrepreneurial Spirit4. Achievement Gap vs. Entrepreneurship Gap: The Myth of Education Giants5. China vs. the U.S.: How the Best Education Stifles the Entrepreneurial Spirit6. From Accident to Design: A Paradigm Shift7. Freedom to Learn: Student Autonomy and Leadership8. Product-Oriented Learning: Works That Matter9. The Globe Is Our Campus: Global Entrepreneurs and Enterprises10. Create a World-Class Education: Principles and IndicatorsIndex