Will today’s schools prepare your child for success? If you’re questioning if test, retest and homework, homework, homework, are the best path to success, then this reading list for success is for you.
Following is a reading list of books for success I’ve read and would recommend about figuring out a path for your children in today’s educational world to prepare them for tomorrow’s reality. (At this point, this is only a partial list of what I’ve read. This is just the start of the list so that I can start making links. New books, both past and present, will be updated. When I can, I’ll also update with links to posts that I publish.)
The Smartest Kids in the World: and how they got that way, by Amanda Ripley
- My review and posts about The Smartest Kids in the World:
- Success Factors 8: Test and Retest and High Stress, the best way?
- Success Factors 9: Are AP classes a good measure for school ratings?
World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students by Yong Zhao
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
- My posts on How Children Succeed
- 11 Reasons your high-achieving student will fail
Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcom Gladwell.
- My review and posts about Outliers:
- Outliers Review – Summary & Analysis – Opportunity, Part 1/4
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
The Price of Priviledge
Anxious kids, Anxious Parents
Beyond Measure
Most Likely to Succeed
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life, by William Deresiewicz
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