Introduction :

• Mark shares how the SAT offering the new September SAT offers up some opportunities in their test prep calendar. This does not mean to imply everyone should take the SAT, but most of our listeners will take the SAT, so here is some advice.
• Mark shares the importance of having a balanced list, and he shares two sad stories that happened this year to students who did not have a balanced list.
• Stuck shares the 32 hardest to get into public universities and he does it countdown style.

Lisa interviews Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop, authors of the Disengaged Teen – Preview of Part 1 :

• Jenny Anderson shares her backstory and why she was drawn to write the “Disengaged Teen”
• Rebecca Winthrop gives her backstory, including her work as the director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution
• Jenny and Rebecca share the research they did over three years in preparation to write the book, “The Disengaged Teen”, including the extensive interviews and surveys they conducted.
• Rebecca talks about why engagement matters
• Jenny and Rebecca shares the four modes that show how students show up in their learning
• They explain what coaster, achiever, resister and explorer mode are
• They share all the benefits that come when students are in explorer mode
• Lisa talks about perfection at any cost

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