Erasing the finish line: the new blueprint for success beyond grades and college admission

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Homayoun, Ana

Homayoun, Ana

Cary Regional
North Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional

Adult Non-Fiction

Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Southeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction

"What if a getting into top four-year college is no longer the holy grail of success that it once seemed to be? What if the key to kids achieving their potential in life has less to do with grades or test scores and more with critical skills overlooked in schools? Erasing the Finish Line directly addresses those points by highlighting a reality about our education system that we seem to hear about more and more these days-college acceptance is a faulty finish line to adolescent development, and this false finish line feeds a heightened level of anxiety and uncertainty. Erasing the Finish Line is a groundbreaking new way of thinking about education, for parents, teachers, administrators, and policymakers deeply invested in our children's well-being, happiness, and success. Academic counselor Ana Homayoun argues that we have to fundamentally change how we think about education and learning if we want to focus on eliminating barriers and helping students navigate systems in a way that helps students explore, discover and build in a way that allows interests and abilities to grow and thrive. She shows how to look beyond assessments, grades, and college acceptance as indicators of long-term success and shares new strategies, including, including how to: - Ask open-ended questions without judgment - Tie answers to those questions to the underlying foundational skills needed - Acting as a resource, connector, and sponsor as applicable - Suspend notions of disbelief, negativity, and general malaise - Convey compassion and empathy while having high expectations With this new blueprint, we can focus on critical and undervalued executive functioning skills, social capital, sponsorship, shared experiences, and greater exposure to a broader range of opportunities. In her work across tens of thousands of miles, she's seen how these foundational skills allow kids to reflect, adapt, redirect, and thrive in a world so different from the one their parents grew up in"--

Book

Books

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9780306830693
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2025-08-04T09:15:03.351Z

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Non Fiction

Non Fiction

370.973 HOMAY

Wake County Public Libraries

Cary Regional
Fuquay-Varina Community
North Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional

9780306830693

2023

Hachette Go

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Academic achievement -- United States
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching -- United States
Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States

Erasing the finish line : the new blueprint for success beyond grades and college admission

Erasing the finish line : the new blueprint for success beyond grades and college admission / Ana Homayoun

Erasing the finish line

the new blueprint for success beyond grades and college admission

Academic achievement
Aims and objectives
Critical thinking
Education
Study and teaching