After working inside the K12 system for 20 years, I finally had a realization. I discovered the reason why schools failed and it shocked me. It wasn't the teachers, it wasn't the administrators and it certainly wasn't the students fault. What I began to see is that when you put band-aids on a broken bridge, it's easy to SEE how so many more problems start to occur.
But SEEING the problem wasn't enough, I had to come up with a solution.
Beginning in 2009, when I first became an administrator, I began implementing my solution in my school. And it worked! My students started to do better, achieve more and became successful in the 21st Century.
My students were marginalized, my students were "labeled" failures by the K12 system and my students came from low socio-economic backgrounds. If my solution could work for them, imagine what it could do for students without these same challenges?
Not only that, but my solution was also working for teachers and administrators. In fact, I started a think tank in 2013 because local schools and educators kept asking me to help them too! Since then, I have helped over 100 schools and close to 5000 educators.
We owe our students a better K12 system. We owe them an opportunity to pursue their American Dream. It's not fair they must go through a school designed to FAIL THEM! They need to be ready for the 21st Century and we CANNOT WAIT any longer!
This book is worth more than the price tag, but aren't our students worth more?