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The acclaimed exploration of how public education can cultivate innovators - with a foreword by Russlynn Ali, a leading advocate for remaking schoolsDime-a-dozen ideas for reforming education seem to be everywhere these days but few actually transform the everyday experience of the 50-million-plus students who are regularly subjected to traditional lecturing, note-taking, and rote learning - often with dismal results. Enter Deeper Learning, "a fast read [that] will interest educators who want to produce self-motivated, passionate learners" (Library Journal) .Offering "uplifting" (Kirkus Reviews) anecdotes in what Tom Carroll of the National Commission on Teaching and Americas Future calls a "rare blend of inspiration and practical action," Deeper Learning provides a blueprint for creating flexible environments that put students at the helm of their own collaborative learning experience. This paperback edition includes a new foreword by renowned education advocate Russlynn Ali and will empower and inspire educators everywhere to address the need for schools to be genuinely innovative.
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Dr Monica Martinez is an education strategist and consultant, author, presenter, and appointee to the White House Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Her career encompasses major programmatic, management and executive leadership roles, including hands-on experience running and supporting major foundation initiatives, and is marked by her expertise in secondary reform and college success. As an education strategist, Dr. Martinez serves in an advisory capacity to leaders' of multiple organizations, including nonprofits, state systems, and foundations to assist in creating, revising, or implementing their education strategies and initiatives. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Dr. Martinez served as the CEO and President of the New Tech Network and the Vice President for Education Strategy at KnowledgeWorks. In Washington, DC, she was a senior associate at the Institute for Educational Leadership where she founded the Washington, D.C.-based National High School Alliance while developing and managing three other projects. She was a columnist for Phi Delta Kappan and still publishes in the magazine and has been a contributing author to other books and independent reports. She is an international and national speaker on the topics of deeper learning, education innovation and reform, college readiness, and the future of learning.
