Prepared

An educator and mother, Diane Tavenner cofounded the first Summit school in 2003. Summit Public Schools has won national recognition because 99 percent of Summit students get into a four-year college, and Summit students finish college at twice the national average. But in a radical departure from the environments created by the college admissions arms race, Summit students aren't focused on competing with their classmates for rankings or test scores. Instead, students spend their days solving real-world problems and developing the skills of self-direction, collaboration, and reflection, all of which prepare them to excel in college, thrive in today's workplace, and lead a secure, fulfilling, and sucessful life. Through personal stories and the hard-earned lessons of Summit's exceptional team of educators and diverse students, Diane Tavenner shares the innovative learning philosophies and unconventional wisdom underlying the Summit model, which has been embraced by thousands of educators, tens of thousands of students, and hundreds of schools across thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia. At a time when many students are struggling to regain the ground lost to an extended period of remote learning-and other disruptions to their education and development wrought by the pandemic-this book is more urgent and necessary than ever.