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This is a very good book that really challenges our perception of what secondary school should offer to our children and how best to prepare them for college and the workplace. It offers strong criticism of the "No Child Left Behind" Act and insists that the curriculum that's been taught for the last 50 years is no longer adequate in today's fast-paced technologically saturated world.
The seven survival skills that need to be taught (according to the author) include the following:
1. Critical Thi ...more
The seven survival skills that need to be taught (according to the author) include the following:
1. Critical Thi ...more
Everyone needs to read this book - teachers, parents, principals, school board members, CEOs, govenors, Congressmen and women, even the president of the United States! This book is so inspiring! I can't wait to try to delve deeper into making changes in my own classroom to promote the survival skills kids need in the 21st century.
I have pages and pages of notes from this book (it is borrowed), but my two favorite quotes are:
1. ...if not you, then who? if not now, then when?
2. Life is not a multi ...more
I have pages and pages of notes from this book (it is borrowed), but my two favorite quotes are:
1. ...if not you, then who? if not now, then when?
2. Life is not a multi ...more
Jan 25, 2012
Robin
marked it as to-read
Dec 07, 2013
Angela Randall
marked it as to-read
