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A manifesto for the twenty-first century, The Global Achievement Gap is a must-read for anyone interested in seeing our young people achieve their full potential.
Ch. 1 The New World of Work and the Seven Survival Skills 1
Ch. 2 The Old World of School 43
Ch. 3 Testing, 1 2 3 78
Ch. 4 Reinventing the Education Profession 126
Ch. 5 Motivating Today's Students - and Tomorrow's Workers 167
Ch. 6 Closing the Gap: Schools That Work 207
Conclusion: A Few Answers - and More Questions 255
Index 284
I¿ve been a big proponent of quality education for decades. Quality education leads to quality employees and that attracts well paying jobs. That, in turn, increases the local tax base which funds better roads, sewers, parks, along with more police officers, firefighters, EMS, and improves the overall quality of life in the community. Tony Wagner¿s book, The Global Achievement Gap, is a tour de force for anyone interested in America¿s school system. We are fast becoming a nation of underachievers in a society which rewards mediocrity. We are graduating students without a basic understanding math, English, science, or history. We¿ve all but cut out art and music from their curriculum. But whatever you do, don¿t interfere with their sports programs! Mr. Wagner delves into why our children are failing behind the rest of the world and what we can do about it before it¿s too late. The dumbing down of our children has to stop now. I urge everyone interested in our school system to read Mr. Wagner¿s book now!
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Posted September 1, 2011
Just finished reading this book. I was lent the book by a career educator, my brother Michael. He simply told me I needed to read this now that I was on the Borard of Education. Honestly, I wish he would have given to me after he first read it.
It is very sobering to read of where we as a country stand with the rest of world on successfully educating our youth. Sad to say it, but we do not fair as well as we did in the past. It is not a slam on our educators or administrators, but more of the well intentioned plans that our federal and state governments have instituted that have drove us to where we currently are now, "teaching for the test."
There is hope though and some schools systems have been brave enough to invoke the change required to help all of our children to become successful citizens in the USA and excel in the world economy. It poses the question of what makes successful students and what employers are looking for in the next generation. It's about asking the right questions, not basic regurgitation of data.
This book is not a simple cure to all our problems, but more a visionary approach to helping schools get to better education process with examples of those that have and how they did it. This is a great read for administrators, teachers, board members, parents and all those who care about our children's education.
It will make you think...we can do better.
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Overview
In The Global Achievement Gap, education expert Tony Wagner situates our school problems in the larger context of the demands of the global knowledge economy. With insights gained from visits to classrooms in leading suburban schools, he analyzes performance by considering the skills needed to get a good job and become a productive citizen. Highlighting discussions with young people and the adults who work with them, Wagner also explains the ways in which today’s generation is differently motivated to excel.A manifesto for the twenty-first century, The Global Achievement Gap is a must-read for anyone interested in seeing our young people achieve their full potential.