With the Future in Their Hands - by Sue Siebert Sava (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Across the United States, schools are experiencing unprecedented pressure--shrinking pipelines, rising expectations, and widening gaps between what students need and what educators are resourced to provide.

In With the Future in Their Hands, Sue Sava reveals why strategic business-education partnerships are essential to building the skilled, competitive workforce our nation requires.

This book is for business leaders, policymakers, educators, and community members who understand that teachers shape every industry's future. Drawing on more than 30 years in education and her leadership at PEBC, Sava offers a compelling look at how innovative collaborations can elevate the teaching profession and strengthen local economies.

Readers will learn:

• Why educator investment produces measurable economic returns
• How residency-based preparation improves teacher quality and professional development leads to retention
• What business-education partnerships can achieve when aligned to real workforce needs
• How policy can scale innovate efforts to recruit and retain the education workforce
• How communities can support teachers in ways that lead to long-term impact

With the Future in Their Hands shows that supporting educators is not only the right thing to do--it is a strategic imperative for every sector invested in America's future.

Review Quotes

"In With the Future in Their Hands, Sava provides inspiration and guidance for solving critical education problems through powerful partnerships between business and public education. She describes how we can build a strong educator workforce by working hand in hand with businesses to elevate the teaching profession through teacher preparation modeled after medical residencies, high quality professional learning, and public policy that fights for the conditions educators deserve. She provides a compelling roadmap to a future in which all children have access to the outstanding educators they deserve, setting the stage for them to fulfill their potential. This is a must-read for anyone concerned about the state of our economy, the development of our workforce, and our collective future."
-- Linda Darling-Hammond
Founding President & Chief Knowledge Officer, Learning Policy Institute; Charles E. Ducommun Professor Emeritus, Stanford University

About the Author

SUE SAVA is the President and CEO of the Public Education & Business Coalition (PEBC) and a lifelong educator dedicated to strengthening America's future workforce through high-quality teacher preparation and professional learning. A Princeton University graduate and fourth-generation teacher, she has spent more than three decades as a classroom educator, mentor, and national leader in educator development. Her career includes directing one of Colorado's first and most successful teacher residency programs and advancing innovative partnerships between business and education. Sava lives in Denver, Colorado, where she continues championing efforts that prepare and support the outstanding teachers every student deserves.