Boss, a writer and educational consultant, demonstrates to teachers how to help students hone the twenty-first century skill of innovation. She explains the qualities of innovators and why innovation is essential for today's students, as well as ways to encourage innovation in schools, unleash creative thinking and define innovation, become an innovative role model, and understand the global impact of innovation. She provides examples of schools that are making innovation important, such as in changing the physical space and schedules, using emerging technology to help elementary students learn innovation, and using interest in gaming to develop projects with real-world implications, and includes ways to adapt the ideas, ending with action steps. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)