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title: BOOK “Creating Innovators” by Tony Wagner
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# [BOOK “Creating Innovators” by Tony Wagner](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-creating-innovators-by-tony-wagner)

 Written by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) | Oct 4, 2013 10:50:00 AM

*Editor's note:  **Creating I**nnovators** offers an expose on what it takes to foster creative and entrepreneurial skills in students and adults alike.  I agreed with Tony W**agner’s general premise that being an 'innovator' is not a destination, but a lifelong learning process.  Through a collection of interviews with students, parents, and their teachers, Wagner identifies a few common threads: parenting styles, impact and role of mentors and teachers, and the role of the various educational institutions on their development (listed in order of importance, in my opinion).*

Excerpt: “...most policymakers - and many school administrators - have absolutely no idea what kind of instruction is required to produce student who can think critically and creatively, communicate effectively, and collaboration versus merely score well on a test.  They are also clueless about what kind of teaching best motivates this generation of thinkers."

 

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