Middle School Walk & Talk

The False Dichotomy of College or No College with Special Guest Jean Eddy

Association for Middle Level Education Season 3 Episode 9

Middle school is the perfect time to introduce career exploration opportunities to kids. They're developmentally tuned to think about their future and investigate their interests. But, too often, kids start to self-select based on what they perceive they’re good at or what they’ve already been exposed to. Jean Eddy, author of Crisis-Proofing Today’s Learners, is on a mission to help reimagine career education to prepare kids for tomorrow's world. She stopped by the podcast to dispel the myths we tell children about what success looks like, how to prepare them to compete in a changing world, and the false dichotomy of “college or no college.” 

Middle School Walk & Talk is a production of the Association for Middle Level Education. Learn more at amle.org.