- Finally some sense about 21st century skills--part two, the Wagner book:
"My wife was enjoying a quiet flight back to Washington after a week off in California when I, sitting next to her, started thrashing around. I was reading a book, but in a way that any person would find disturbing. I was marking and remarking pages. I was filling margins with unreadable scrawls. I was flipping back and forth. I was talking to myself: 'Whoa! No! Yes!'
'What is that?' she asked.
It's a good question. The simple answer is: the latest book by school improvement activist Tony Wagner: 'The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need.' Wagner is co-director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also a great writer and speaker. I consider this book more of an experience than a read."
'What is that?' she asked.
It's a good question. The simple answer is: the latest book by school improvement activist Tony Wagner: 'The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need.' Wagner is co-director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also a great writer and speaker. I consider this book more of an experience than a read."