Most Likely to Succeed

Tony Wagner, author and Expert In Residence at Harvard Universityâ€™s Innovation Lab

18-Sep-15 11:00

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65% of today’s grade-school children will end up at jobs that haven’t been invented yet. This is one of many startling discoveries made by Tony Wagner in his book, Most Likely to Succeed and subsequent documentary which premiered at Sundance. Tony invites us to reimagine what high-quality education could and should be for all.

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