Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era (Record no. 296444)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781501104329
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Classification number 371.207 WAG-M
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Personal name Tony Wagner
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Title Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York, NY
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Scribner
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2015
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent vii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Our education DNA -- The purpose of education -- What's at stake? -- The formative years: K-12 -- The gold ring: the college degree -- Teaching, learning, and assessing -- A new vision for education.
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Summary, etc. The basis for a major documentary, two leading experts sound an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so we can equip students for the realities of the twenty-first-century economy. "If you read one book about education this decade, make it this one" (Adam Braun, bestselling author and founder of Pencils of Promise). 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.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element School improvement programs -- United States. Educational accountability -- United States. Education and state -- United States.
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Personal name Ted Dintersmith
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 16/09/2017 1 371.207 WAG-M DCB3172 18/09/2017 18/09/2017 16/09/2017 Book