{"product_id":"9781441141538","title":"Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today: Education - Our Children - Their Futures","description":"'It's time to focus on the needs of our children, not the whims of our politicians, to provide a way forward for a new landscape in education.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Is our education system working? \u003cbr\u003eWhat future are we preparing our children for? \u003cbr\u003eWhat future do we NEED to prepare our children for? \u003cbr\u003eAre we at risk of failing a generation?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  In this updated edition of renowned education speaker Richard Gerver's book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewe are faced with these worrying questions and many more regarding the schools our children are attending, the curriculum they are following and the testing system used to catagorise them. In this rousing call for educational revolution, Richard argues passionately that we must fight harder for our children's futures and we must do it today!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                      Richard describes the strategies he used when he was brought in as head teacher to turn around Grange Primary school. It was there that he implemented his vision for a school system that caters for every child; a system that helps nurture self-confidence, self-worth, creativity, innovative thinking, team-working and communication skills - all key employability skills that children will need in the fast-moving world of technology and information they are growing up in.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Richard is now the second most successful education speaker in the world behind Sir Ken Robinson, who describes Richard as 'one of the clearest and most passionate voices for radical change in education' and wrote the foreword for this book. Richard has updated \u003ci\u003eCreating Tomorrow's Schools Today\u003c\/i\u003e based on his visits to schools on every continent, his conversations on education with teachers and industry-leading visionaries such as Steve Wozniak, and in the context of an education system that he fears is forgetting the future we need to prepare our children for.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  Reforms, tweaks and new policies are not enough – a radical transformation is needed. If you read only one Education manifesto in the next year, this is it!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoin the conversation: #Edvision","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128129962224,"sku":"9781441141538","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781441141538_p0.jpg?v=1763789301","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781441141538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}