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The advance reviews for Creating Innovators are beginning to come in! See what thought leaders are saying about Tony’s most important book yet…
Jan 5th
“How do we create the next generation of innovators? By telling the stories of young creators, and by taking us inside cutting-edge programs, Wagner shows that the answer isn’t to double-down on outmoded, formulaic solutions–but to embrace the principles of play, passion, and purpose. Creating Innovators is important reading for anyone More >
Review of The Finland Phenomenon appears in The Forbes blog
May 10th
The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World’s Most Surprising School System
May. 2 2011 – 5:27 pm
By E.D. KAIN
The Finland Phenomenon, from documentary filmmaker, Bob Compton, follows Dr. Tony Wagner through Finland’s extraordinary school system. It’s a short, to-the-point documentary, but it had quite an effect on me, if only because More >
Tony working on a new book about parenting, teaching, and mentoring young innovators to be published next April
Jan 27th
A major new book by Tony, Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World will be published next spring by Scribner/Simon & Schuster. More information here
The film “The Finland Phenomenon: Inside The World’s Most Surprising School System” now available
Jan 27th
Finland is the highest performing education system in the world, and in the Spring of 2010, Tony was invited by the Finland National Board of Education to share his ideas on the new skills all students need today. Bob Compton, executive producer of the highly acclaimed education documentary, “2 Million More >
Tony’s YouTube keynote video surpasses 65,000 hits
Jan 27th
This keynote, given at the Asia Society National Conference in 2009, has been viewed more than 65,000 times on YouTube.
Tony the only education expert quoted in major articles by Thomas Friedman and Arnie Duncan
Jan 27th
In his November 21, 2010 column in the Sunday New York Times, “Teaching for America,” Thomas Friedman quoted Tony several times and cited his book, The Global Achievement Gap. You can access the column on the Times website here. Arnie Duncan published a major article, “Back to School: Enhancing U.S. More >
More than 100,000 copies sold! The Global Achievement Gap now in paperback, on Kindle and iBook
Jan 27th
A bold new plan to teach and test the competencies that matter most for the 21st Century-and to motivate the “net” generation to excellence
The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach The New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It
Despite the best efforts More >
Popular Video Resources for Lesson Study Discussions-used in Tony’s workshops
Jan 27th
In his workshops, Tony frequently uses several videos to “calibrate” perceptions of what constitutes an effective lesson. Links to the first video and ordering information for the second one are listed below:
Video exercise – Looking at Instruction This video, a 10th grade English lesson of “The Pearl,” is available for viewing More >
Watch Tony Wagner & Milton Chen Discuss 21st century learning and critical issues in education today
Jan 27th
On January 20th, 2010, Tony and Milton Chen, Executive Director of the George Lucas Education Foundation participated in a live 55 minute webcast, sponsored by Scholastic. In a wide-ranging conversation, Tony and Milton talk about what is critical thinking, how to motivate teachers and students, starting points for teachers, school More >
