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Tony’s first keynote on Creating Innovators now available for viewing
Feb 15th
Tony recently traveled to Chiang Mai, Thailand to work with the faculty and staff of the Think Global School. While there, he gave a special presentation to the Think Global and PTIS International School communities. This is his first videotaped keynote about his forthcoming book, Creating Innovators: The Making of More >
“Creating Innovators” — as seen through the eyes of a 14-year old Thai student…
Feb 11th
I recently had the pleasure of visiting a fascinating new school, called Think Global, founded by visionary educator Joann McPike and her husband. While there, I was asked to give a presentation to the school community and to the PTIS International School community, which is hosting Think Global this semester in More >
The advance reviews for Creating Innovators are beginning to come in! See what thought leaders are saying about Tony’s most important book yet…
Jan 5th
“How do we create the next generation of innovators? By telling the stories of young creators, and by taking us inside cutting-edge programs, Wagner shows that the answer isn’t to double-down on outmoded, formulaic solutions–but to embrace the principles of play, passion, and purpose. Creating Innovators is important reading for anyone More >
Review of The Finland Phenomenon appears in The Forbes blog
May 10th
The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World’s Most Surprising School System
May. 2 2011 – 5:27 pm
By E.D. KAIN
The Finland Phenomenon, from documentary filmmaker, Bob Compton, follows Dr. Tony Wagner through Finland’s extraordinary school system. It’s a short, to-the-point documentary, but it had quite an effect on me, if only because More >
Tony working on a new book about parenting, teaching, and mentoring young innovators to be published next April
Jan 27th
A major new book by Tony, Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World will be published next spring by Scribner/Simon & Schuster. More information here
Tony’s YouTube keynote video surpasses 65,000 hits
Jan 27th
This keynote, given at the Asia Society National Conference in 2009, has been viewed more than 65,000 times on YouTube.
Tony the only education expert quoted in major articles by Thomas Friedman and Arnie Duncan
Jan 27th
In his November 21, 2010 column in the Sunday New York Times, “Teaching for America,” Thomas Friedman quoted Tony several times and cited his book, The Global Achievement Gap. You can access the column on the Times website here. Arnie Duncan published a major article, “Back to School: Enhancing U.S. More >
More than 100,000 copies sold! The Global Achievement Gap now in paperback, on Kindle and iBook
Jan 27th
A bold new plan to teach and test the competencies that matter most for the 21st Century-and to motivate the “net” generation to excellence
The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach The New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It
Despite the best efforts More >
