Stephanie Malia Krauss: Making It

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2 TITLE PAGE Making It What Today's Kids Need for Tomorrow's World Stephanie Malia Krauss

3 COPYRIGHT

4 DEDICATION

5 PREFACE

6 FOREWORD BY KAREN PITTMAN

7 FOREWORD BY MARIA FLYNN Notes

8 INTRODUCTION This Book Is for You Let's Face It—the Future Is Now A Few Other Considerations

9 PART I: A Changing World CHAPTER 1: Today's Kids Digital Natives Disruption Natives New Wiring How Today's Kids Compare with Each Other Notes CHAPTER 2: Tomorrow's World Three Forces Shaping Tomorrow's World Machines Momentum Markets Life Currencies Needed for Tomorrow's World Notes

10 PART II: Life Currencies CHAPTER 3: Competencies Ten Readiness Competencies Competencies in Context Notes CHAPTER 4: Connections Wired to Connect Connections That Matter Most Lifelines Door Openers Navigators Connections as Currency Notes CHAPTER 5: Credentials Is a College Degree Still Worth It? Diplomas The US Credentialing Marketplace Five Questions to Ask When Choosing a Credential Notes CHAPTER 6: Cash Raised in Recessions Getting By Getting Ahead Smoothing Out Notes

11 PART III: Currency-Building CHAPTER 7: Becoming a Currency-Builder In Pursuit of Long, Livable Lives Currency-Building for a Livable Life Currency-Builder Characteristic #1: Take a Whole-Person, Whole-Life Approach Currency-Builder Characteristic #2: Make Currencies a Part of Every Learning Experience Currency-Builder Characteristic #3: Build Currencies Wherever Learning Happens Currency-Builder Characteristic #4: Be Just, Inclusive, and Caring Currency-Builder Characteristic #5: Be an Advocate and Ally Taking It to the Next Level Notes

12 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

13 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

14 INDEX

15 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

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“Krauss offers the roadmap we need to get kids ready for a rapidly changing and challenging world. Her call for every adult and educator to become a currency-builder is one we should take seriously. This is a must-read.”

Arne Duncan, managing partner of Emerson Collective and former US Secretary of Education

“Smart and insightful! Stephanie Malia Krauss makes a compelling case for the new currencies kids need to thrive in our rapidly changing world.”

Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work

“Krauss is an educator who knows that learning is not to be confused with schooling. She demonstrates brilliantly that complex ideas can be communicated clearly, and with some wit. Drawing on her own professional and personal experience, she shows in this lively book that academic qualifications are necessary, but far from sufficient. Being ready to ‘make it' today requires skills and connections acquired far from the classroom. Inequalities in the first two decades of life echo through working lives; ‘making it' has become a near-certainty for children born to affluent, educated, healthy parents but an ever-steeper challenge for those born to poor parents, and those facing the obstacles of anti-Black racism. Krauss wants making it to be a right, rather than a privilege. The hope animating this book is that we can find ‘beauty in the brokenness' of our current moment. Timely, wise, and inspiring.”

Richard V. Reeves, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, and Author of Dream Hoarders

“With her trademark blend of liveliness and concrete, realistic advice, Stephanie Malia Krauss writes about what the future holds for today's kids – and what youth workers, families and allies can do to help prepare them. Easy to read, and with ideas you will return to.”

Leslie Lapides, senior editor, Youth Today

“What will it take for children growing up today to ‘make it’ in a society that is changing so rapidly? Stephanie Malia Krauss's magnificent book explores this important question and provides creative pathways to ensure a better future for our kids.”

John Bridgeland, CEO of Civic and former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council

“In Making It , Krauss powerfully equips parents, educators and policymakers to be currency-builders for young people facing tomorrow's ever-changing world. Kids need competencies, connections, credentials, and cash – whole-life solutions preparing them for long, livable lives. Krauss writes in a way that is crisp, engaging, and inspiring.”

Anne Holton, professor of Education Policy at George Mason University and former Virginia Secretary of Education

“This eye-opening and inspirational book shares a treasure trove of creative perspectives that will change the ways we think about quality education. It should be required reading for educators, youth workers, parents, child advocates, and policymakers who want to understand today's kids and implement innovative, practical strategies that prepare all young people to achieve well-being and success in tomorrow's world.”

Roger Weissberg, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology at University of Illinois at Chicago and chief knowledge officer for Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

“Making It is essential reading for anyone who is parenting and supporting young people in 2020 and beyond.”