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Welp. Here’s this weekend’s lesson in launching an adult.I was helping my son fix up his house, which is very sweet in theory and very splintery in practice.At some point, there was a pile of old boar
Read on MediumYou can get the right answer and learn absolutely nothing.A student guesses on a standardized test and gets the question right. The score says success, but their reasoning was wrong. Everyone moves on
Read on MediumOver the past decade, the Portrait of a Graduate has become the North Star for school districts across the country. It’s a beautiful vision — a promise that every student who crosses the stage will be
Read on MediumThe Kids Getting Into Ivy League Schools Aren’t Just Building Résumés Earlier. They’re Building Identities Earlier.We ask fourteen-year-olds what they want to major in before they even know who they a
Read on MediumThere’s a quiet shift happening in the workforce right now, and most school systems are not built for it.For years, we’ve focused on preparing students for jobs by helping them acquire knowledge and s
Read on MediumWe have a readiness problem in this country, but it’s not the one most people are measuring.Every year, we invest enormous time and money into helping students “get ready.” They build resumes, track a
Read on MediumWe have a $100 billion “readiness” problem in America.Every year, millions of high school students sit in front of expensive College and Career Readiness (CCR) platforms. They track their GPAs, upload
Read on MediumThe CEO Mindset: Preparing Students to Run the “Business of You” (A New Model for 21st-Century Readiness)(A New Model for 21st-Century Readiness)By Marnie Stockman, Ed.D & Nick Coniglio, Founders
Read on MediumMost of us were taught a lie: “Find a job posting, hit apply, and wait for the call.”If you’ve tried that lately, you know it’s a black hole. In a world of AI-filtered resumes and 500+ applicants per
Read on Medium(and How Your District Can Deliver It)For decades, the GPA has been the undisputed king of academic metrics. It’s a simple, quantifiable measure that tells us how well a student performs in their clas
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