Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era

• Learn at your own pace.
• Enroll at any time.
• Completion time frames vary for the courses listed, but most take 3 or 4 months to complete.
• You must have earned a bachelor’s degree if registering for credit.

Course Material: The following book is required for this course. It must be purchased separately, as it is not part of the cost of the course.

Wagner, Tony, and Ted Dintersmith. Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era. New York, NY: Scribner, 2016. Print.

Description: Based on the book, Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era, this course will explore the difference between what students must do to earn a degree (high school or college) versus what makes them most likely to succeed in work, citizenship, and lifelong learning. From the authors’ point of view, the course will also consider what can and must be done to transform education for the twenty-first century along with examples of best practices in high schools and colleges around the Country.

The course is comprised of 8 modules. The modules offer information and ideas about student success (for today’s innovation landscape) that teachers may consider adopting to improve student learning experiences and overall success.

Course Purpose: The purpose of this course is to encourage educators to explore what makes students most likely to succeed (given innovation trends) as a strategy to enhance student achievement and their success overall.