Author Lucy Cretan. The book was published in 2025 by Yale University Press and is now available in an e-book at a special price. It is also available as a paperback. Clever lands: The Secrets Behind the Success of The World's Education Superpowers e-book — E-book PDF Kindle book. Kindle. Clever lands: The secrets behind the success of the world's education superpowers by Rebecca Henchmen, Robin Simon, and Lucy Cretan. A comprehensive exploration of the best ways of teaching in today's world and how to teach people how to learn. This book will change the way you teach. Written for education professionals, author Rebecca Henchmen shares lessons from her experiences in teaching and learning. She says that if you want to make a difference in your students' learning, and you want to know what it feels like to be part of the winning team, learn this book. The secrets behind the success of the world's education superpowers by Rebecca Henchmen. For over seven decades, Lucy Cretan has been one of the world's leading researchers into the factors that influence people's success. Her book, Clever lands: The Secrets Behind the Success of the World's Education Superpowers, is an in-depth exploration of what makes a world-class educational system tick. In this remarkable memoir of more than 3 decades of dedicated research, Lucy brings us into the world of the elite schools, the most successful schools, the best practices that drive our schools to excellence, and, most important, the lessons of Lucy's own personal journey through the world's educational system. In addition to bringing us into the world of the elite schools and the best practices that drive our schools to excellence, this book also explores what it feels like to be part of the winning team of an elite school, and how it feels to be the leading researcher at a world-class university. This is a book that will change the way you teach, the way you learn, and the way we educate people to excel.