Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era

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 work force for a world that no longer exists. Alarmingly, our methods of schooling crush the creativity and initiative young people need to thrive in the twenty-first century. In Most Likely to Succeed,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. Most Likely to Succeedpresents 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. This book offers parents and educators a crucial guide to getting the best for their children and a roadmap for policymakers and opinion leaders.

Tony Wagner has served as Co-Director of the -->Change Leadership Group--> (-->CLG-->) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education since its inception in 2000.? An initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CLG is a ?R & D? center that helps teams to be effective change leaders in schools and districts.? He also was on the faculty of the Executive Leadership Program for Educators, a joint initiative of Harvard's Graduate School of Education, -->-->Business-->-->School-->-->, and Kennedy School of Government.? Tony consults widely to public and independent schools, districts, and founda

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