Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the New Innovation Era
Written by Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith
Narrated by Holter Graham
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Today more than ever, we prize academic achievement, pressuring our children to get into the “right” colleges, have the highest GPAs, and pursue advanced degrees. But while students may graduate with credentials, by and large they lack the competencies needed to be thoughtful, engaged citizens and to get good jobs in our rapidly evolving economy. Our school system was engineered a century ago to produce a workforce for a world that no longer exists. Alarmingly, our methods of schooling crush the creativity and initiative young people really need to thrive in the twenty-first century.
Now bestselling author and education expert Tony Wagner and venture capitalist Ted Dintersmith call for a complete overhaul of the function and focus of American schools, sharing insights and stories from the front lines, including profiles of successful students, teachers, parents, and business leaders. Their powerful, urgent message identifies the growing gap between credentials and competence—and offers a framework for change.
Most Likely to Succeed presents a new vision of American education, one that puts wonder, creativity, and initiative at the very heart of the learning process and prepares students for today’s economy. “In this excellent book...Wagner and Dintersmith argue...that success and happiness will depend increasingly on having the ability to innovate” (Chicago Tribune), and this crucial guide offers policymakers and opinion leaders a roadmap for getting the best for our future entrepreneurs.
Tony Wagner
Tony Wagner currently serves as an Expert In Residence at Harvard University’s Innovation Lab. Previously he has worked as a high school teacher, K-8 principal, university professor, and founding executive director of Educators for Social Responsibility. Tony is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and the author of Creating Innovators and The Global Achievement Gap.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A MIST read for all educators. Okay, for all Americans. Wow. In our education system we are so stuck in old, archaic thinking and cling to ineffective methods and meaningless data we are missing the opportunity to give our kids what they really need: a springboard for creative thought and collaborative learning.
I’ve been an educator for 16 years and I admit to falling prey to the ‘system’. The last few years have been especially difficult for me and my peers and I think I see why now. I’m dedicated to helping make the shift in our education system and this book is a tremendous tool in the toolbox for that task.1 person found this helpful