{"product_id":"making-it-9781119577034","title":"Making It","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover how to help young people make it in a rapidly changing world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Stephanie Malia Krauss gets it. Every day she works with leaders across the country as they upgrade learning experiences to better equip young people for a changing world. A mother, former teacher and school leader, Stephanie knows firsthand how hard it is to balance school and program requirements with young people''s needs. In \u003ci\u003eMaking It: What Today''s Kids Need for Tomorrow''s World\u003c\/i\u003e, she lays out what adults can do to get young people ready for the future. What you learn may surprise you.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith so much changing so fastaccelerated by the impacts of COVID-19the most in-demand jobs and skills of today may be obsolete by the time our youngest become adults. For kids to be ready for this new reality, they must acquire four critical currencies that will serve them well, whatever their future holds: credentials, competencies, connections, and cash. This book focuses on how to prioritiz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Karen Pittman xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Maria Flynn xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI A Changing World 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Today’s Kids 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Tomorrow’s World 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Life Currencies 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Competencies 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Connections 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Credentials 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Cash 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Currency-Building 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Becoming a Currency-Builder 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 151\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407088755031,"sku":"9781119577034","price":20.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119577034.jpg?v=1730498138","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-it-9781119577034","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}