Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Clayton M. Christensen Introduction 1
1 The Social Side of Opportunity: Why Relationships Matter to Meritocracy 17
2 Getting by with a Little Help from Our Friends: What Schools Need to Know about Social Capital 35
3 There’s no App for that: The Power of Integrating Access to Strong Ties and Care 53
4 Edtech that Connects: How New Technologies can Disrupt Students’ Networks 69
5 Making Space for Relationships: Redesigning School as a Caring and Networking Hub 89
6 If You Build it, will they Connect? Engaging Outsiders Inside Schools 111
7 What gets Measured gets Done: School Metrics and Policies Reconsidered 133
Conclusion: Designing for a Networked Society, Labor Market, and Life 153
About the Authors 161
Acknowledgments 163
Index 167