Foreword by Richard J. Riordan, former Los Angeles Mayor and California Secretary for Education.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Get-Your-Child-Top-Succeed/dp/0615763340/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370637589&sr=1-1&keywords=get+your+child+to+the+top
How do children succeed today?
Our world is undergoing dizzying
change comparable to the Industrial Revolution or introduction of the printing
press. The globe truly has become flat
and workers struggle to adapt as jobs are outsourced, industries rise and fade
in a heartbeat and opportunities increasingly go to the more educated and
skilled.
Education is not keeping up with
the changing realities our children face as they graduate into a weak job
market, breakdown of traditional career paths and new industries. Yet children are also more than the sum of
what they know. Values, leadership,
creativity, critical thinking, continued learning, innovation and passion are
too often never part of any curriculum.
Get
Your Child to the Top contains insight from educators, kids, venture
capitalists, thought leaders and CEOs to provide constructive answers and real
solutions to prepare children for the ever-evolving opportunities and
challenges of the modern world. The book
also describes the realities our kids inhabit in and out of school, including
the impact of technology. Aimed at parents,
educators and children it empowers each to help kids succeed long term. Updated resources are available at www.laernn.com
Interviews include:
Richard Riordan, former Mayor of Los Angeles and California Secretary of
Education; Frank Baxter, former CEO of Jefferies and Ambassador to Uruguay; Tim
Draper founder Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Marty Albertson,
Chairman and former CEO of Guitar Center; Terry Moe of the Hoover Institute and
Arthur Levine, head of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, both education authors
and innovators; Laird Malamed, of Activision and USC Gaming school professor;
and Kris Duggan, serial entrepreneur and founder of Badgeville, recently named
by Forbes as one of the hottest companies in America and Shannon Rotenberg of
J.K. Livin Foundation (Matthew McConaughey’s foundation).
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