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PublisherTempleton Press
ISBN-101599475839
ISBN-139781599475837
eBay Product ID (ePID)13050092196
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Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAgency : The Four Point Plan (F. R. E. E. ) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power
Publication Year2022
SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Educational Policy & Reform / Charter Schools, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, General
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
AuthorIan V. Rowe
Subject AreaEducation, Psychology
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2022-931534
Dewey Edition23
Reviews" Agency is a book that people on both the left and the right should read. It is a guidebook for those who want to help lift up lower-income communities and struggling individuals. It is common sense reimagined." -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and founder of the AHA Foundation "This hope-filled, wise and spiritually enlightening book should be read--must be read--by every parent, teacher, legislator and community activist in America. With passion, clarity of thought and an abiding faith in the unlimited possibilities of this great nation, accomplished educator and entrepreneur Ian Rowe provides a road map for all of our children to realize their full human potential." -- Glenn Loury , Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics, Brown University "What a strange world we live in, where the party of libertarians declares we are radically free, and the party of fate--the party that preaches the dogma of 'systemic racism'--declares that only the state can save us. Ian Rowe tells us there is a third, realistic alternative: we flourish and discover true liberty only in and through our mediating institutions, most notably, our families. In this fine-grained and deeply personal account, we discover a way forward for our entire country." -- Joshua Mitchell, professor of government, Georgetown University "In Agency , Ian Rowe provides a thoughtful and nuanced analysis of the challenges facing struggling communities and offers a practical, data-driven framework to empower even those from the most difficult circumstances to overcome barriers and succeed. Rowe's FREE framework centers on the importance of faith, family, education, and personal responsibility, and he recognizes that a vibrant civil society with strong local institutions is a key ingredient for human flourishing. Rowe's message is a compassionate, inspiring, and refreshing alternative to the divisive, disempowering rhetoric we so often hear today." -- Elise Westhoff , president, and CEO, Philanthropy Roundtable "This book is a gift to all those in the rising generation who are baffled by the ominous pessimism that our culture now projects at them from every direction and find themselves unable to envision a future that speaks to their highs longings. They deserve better from us. And Rowe offers them better by helping them see where a morally meaningful sense of direction might be found." -- Yuval Levin , director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute and editor of National Affairs, "An eloquent argument....[Rowe] is calling not for superstar behavior but an adjustment in normal ways of going through normal lives." -- John McWhorter , The New York Times " Agency is a book that people on both the left and the right should read. It is a guidebook for those who want to help lift up lower-income communities and struggling individuals. It is common sense reimagined." -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and founder of the AHA Foundation "This hope-filled, wise and spiritually enlightening book should be read--must be read--by every parent, teacher, legislator and community activist in America. With passion, clarity of thought and an abiding faith in the unlimited possibilities of this great nation, accomplished educator and entrepreneur Ian Rowe provides a road map for all of our children to realize their full human potential." -- Glenn Loury , Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics, Brown University "What a strange world we live in, where the party of libertarians declares we are radically free, and the party of fate--the party that preaches the dogma of 'systemic racism'--declares that only the state can save us. Ian Rowe tells us there is a third, realistic alternative: we flourish and discover true liberty only in and through our mediating institutions, most notably, our families. In this fine-grained and deeply personal account, we discover a way forward for our entire country." -- Joshua Mitchell, professor of government, Georgetown University "In Agency , Ian Rowe provides a thoughtful and nuanced analysis of the challenges facing struggling communities and offers a practical, data-driven framework to empower even those from the most difficult circumstances to overcome barriers and succeed. Rowe's FREE framework centers on the importance of faith, family, education, and personal responsibility, and he recognizes that a vibrant civil society with strong local institutions is a key ingredient for human flourishing. Rowe's message is a compassionate, inspiring, and refreshing alternative to the divisive, disempowering rhetoric we so often hear today." -- Elise Westhoff , president, and CEO, Philanthropy Roundtable "This book is a gift to all those in the rising generation who are baffled by the ominous pessimism that our culture now projects at them from every direction and find themselves unable to envision a future that speaks to their highs longings. They deserve better from us. And Rowe offers them better by helping them see where a morally meaningful sense of direction might be found." -- Yuval Levin , director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute and editor of National Affairs, " Agency is a book that people on both the left and the right should read. It is a guidebook for those who want to help lift up lower-income communities and struggling individuals. It is common sense reimagined." -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and founder of the AHA Foundation "This hope-filled, wise and spiritually enlightening book should be read--must be read--by every parent, teacher, legislator and community activist in America. With passion, clarity of thought and an abiding faith in the unlimited possibilities of this great nation, accomplished educator and entrepreneur Ian Rowe provides a road map for all of our children to realize their full human potential." -- Glenn Loury , Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics, Brown University "What a strange world we live in, where the party of libertarians declares we are radically free, and the party of fate--the party that preaches the dogma of 'systemic racism'--declares that only the state can save us. Ian Rowe tells us there is a third, realistic alternative: we flourish and discover true liberty only in and through our mediating institutions, most notably, our families. In this fine-grained and deeply personal account, we discover a way forward for our entire country." -- Joshua Mitchell, professor of government, Georgetown University "In Agency , Ian Rowe provides a thoughtful and nuanced analysis of the challenges facing struggling communities and offers a practical, data-driven framework to empower even those from the most difficult circumstances to overcome barriers and succeed. Rowe's FREE framework centers on the importance of faith, family, education, and personal responsibility, and he recognizes that a vibrant civil society with strong local institutions is a key ingredient for human flourishing. Rowe's message is a compassionate, inspiring, and refreshing alternative to the divisive, disempowering rhetoric we so often hear today." -- Elise Westhoff , President and CEO, Philanthropy Roundtable
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal155.419
Table Of ContentForeword / xi Introduction / 3 PART 1 What Is Agency and Why Do We Need It Today? 1 What Is Agency and Why Is It So Crucial to Human Flourishing? / 15 2 Two Competing Visions of What Impedes the American Dream and the Effort to Build Agency / 25 3 The Third Way: Revitalizing Mediating Institutions to Strengthen Civil Society and Spark Individual Agency / 37 4 How Believing You Live in a Good, If Not Great, Country Helps Build Agency / 47 5 How the Hard Bigotry of "Antiracist" Expectations and the Pursuit of "Equity" Erode Agency for All / 57 PART 2 How My Story of Discovering the Importance of Family Structure Opened the Door for Me to View Agency as the Path Forward for Young Americans 6 Who's Your Daddy? The Moment I Realized Schools Were Not Enough to Build Agency / 79 7 Robbing Our Young People of Agency: Silence or Denial about the Importance of Family Structure / 91 8 How America Has Changed Young Hearts and Minds in the Past: Teen Pregnancy / 105 9 Dan Quayle Was Right, But His Strategy Was Wrong / 129 10 The Success Sequence: The Empowering Alternative and the Other Building Blocks of Agency / 139 11 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Foundation of Family / 149 PART 3 How FREE Can Usher in a New "Age of Agency" for Young Americans 12 The FREE Framework to Build Agency / 157 13 Family / 165 14 Religion / 175 15 Education / 185 16 Entrepreneurship / 205 17 A New Age of Agency / 213 Afterword / 223 Appendix / 227 Acknowledgments / 241
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisThis book describes four pillars that can uplift every young person as they make the passage into adulthood: Family, Religion, Education, and Entrepreneurship. Together, these pillars embody the true meaning of freedom, wherein people are motivated to embrace the ennobling responsibilities of building healthy social structures and shaping the outcomes of their own lives., How can we empower America's children ? That question has driven Ian Rowe throughout his career. He served ten years as CEO of Public Prep, a network of charter schools in the South Bronx, and held senior roles at places such as the White House, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and MTV. At each juncture, he noticed that young people--especially those from minority and underprivileged backgrounds--were receiving and unfortunately often absorbing a cultural narrative that devastated their chances of success. Moreover, they were growing up in communities with high concentrations of fragile families, lack of school choice, declines in religiosity, and significant unemployment. The debilitating narrative combined with their challenging conditions communicated to young people that they were victims of forces beyond their control, that their destinies were not up to them. Rowe resolved to promote a rewrite of the victimhood narrative and to champion a change in institutions. An overhaul of both, he realized, is the only way to impress upon children that they have the power to live the lives of their choosing. To be clear, Rowe fully acknowledges the reality of societal barriers in disadvantaged communities. That's why, in addition to a personal conviction in their own potential, kids need the nurturing structure, the consistent discipline, and the moral direction that social institutions traditionally have provided. In particular, they need Family, Religion, Education, and Entrepreneurship --the very pillars that have crumbled in our most disadvantaged communities. Rowe further incorporates into his argument the voices of individuals struggling in broken environments, giving them a platform they are not normally afforded. Their direct testimony underscores the perverse incentives that flood into neighborhoods stripped of society's mediating institutions. It also reveals the hunger of young people for the kind of information Rowe provides--a desire to better themselves, their families, and their communities., Every child in America deserves to know that a path to a successful life exists and that they have the power to follow it. But many never set foot on that path because they grow up hearing the message that systemic forces control their destinies, or that they are at fault for everything that has gone wrong in their lives. These children often come from difficult circumstances. Many are raised by young, single parents, live in disadvantaged neighborhoods, attend substandard schools, and lack the moral safeguards of religious and civic institutions. As a result, they can be dispirited into cycles of learned helplessness rather than inspired to pursue their own possibilities. Yet this phenomenon is not universal. Some children thrive where others do not. Why? Are there personal behaviors and institutional supports that have proven to make a difference in helping young people chart a course for their futures? Agency answers with a loud and clear "yes!" This book describes four pillars that can uplift every young person as they make the passage into adulthood: Family, Religion, Education, and Entrepreneurship. Together, these pillars embody the true meaning of freedom, wherein people are motivated to embrace the ennobling responsibilities of building healthy social structures and shaping the outcomes of their own lives. For that reason, Ian Rowe calls the four pillars the FREE framework. With this framework in place, children are empowered to develop agency, which Rowe defines as the force of one's free will, guided by moral discernment. Developing agency is the alternative to the debilitating 'blame-the-system' and 'blame-the-victim' narratives. It transcends our political differences and beckons all who dare to envision lives unshackled by present realities. In addition to making the case for agency, Rowe shares his personal story of success coming from an immigrant family. He defends America as an ever-improving country worthy of our esteem. He corrects misguided calls for "anti-racism" and "equity," and champions a game plan for creating new agents of agency, dedicated to promoting the aspirational spirit of America's children, and showing them the path that will set them FREE.
LC Classification NumberBF724.3.S25
