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“Four years ago, about 4,900 ninth grades began their high school career in the Boston Public schools. Today there are about 3,400 twelth graders. Nearly one third -- 1500 students -- have dropped out of the class in three and a half years. Almost half of the group that hopes to graduate (1,648) in six months' time has not passed the required standardized test (MCAS).”

Standardized Tests Tony Wagner Reinvent Schools

Book:Making the Grade: Reinventing America's Schools

Source: Making the Grade: Reinventing America's Schools

“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”

Skills Schools Tony Wagner Irrelevant Material Transform 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

“While at Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Tony found himself to be a complete outlier. He was almost constantly at odds with the mainstream of education. He is the first to admit that a doctorate from Harvard is important largely because everyone thinks it’s important. Page 3”

Education Harvard Outlier Tony Wagner Doctorate

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

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

“Students were asked only factual recall questions and then given a writing assignment that was, in my opinion, more suited to an elementary school class. They were not asked for their interpretations of the story. They were not asked to discuss a real moral dilemma in their lives and compare it to the one in the story. And they were not asked to write an essay where they would have to analyze a theme of an idea using supporting evidence. In other words, there was no intellectual rigor. Chapter 1”

Tests Quote Reform Schools Reinvent Tony Wagner

Author:Tony Wagner