“Students spend their school hours bored, covering irrelevant material, doing mindless tasks, taking far too many standardized tests, and having the creativity and innovation schooled out of them. Our focus shouldn't be to give all kids equal access to the same bad education. We need to reinvent education and give all kids a fighting chance in life. page 58” SkillsSchoolsTony WagnerIrrelevant MaterialTransform Education Book:Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era Source: Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
“The capacity to innovate - the ability to solve problems creatively or bring new possibilities to life - and skills like critical thinking, communication and collaboration are far more important than academic knowledge.” ThinkingImportantProblemAbilityPossibilityCommunicationSkillsCapacitySolveCriticalCollaborationAcademicCritical ThinkingNew Possibilities Author:Tony Wagner