The Playbook for Entrepreneurial Education in Schools

By Tom Griffith, Margaret O'Brien, Renae Jones

The future of education is entrepreneurial-are you ready to bring it into your school?

In a rapidly changing world, students need more than traditional academic knowledge to thrive. They need creativity, resilience, problem-solving skills, and an entrepreneurial mindset. The Playbook for Entrepreneurial Education in Schools is the ultimate guide for policy makers, school leaders, and educators looking to integrate entrepreneurial mindsets, skillsets, and toolsets into the classroom.

This hands-on, practical resource provides proven strategies, real-world examples, and actionable frameworks to help schools foster innovation and student-led enterprises. Whether you're a teacher new to entrepreneurial education or a leader seeking to transform learning experiences, this book will equip you with the tools to make it happen. The playbook is based on the collective years of research and practice by its authors and serves a a guide or "playbook" for Schools developing their entrepreneurial learning vision, approach and pathways to inform their 'why', "how" and "what" based on the reasons relevant for their school, teacher and student population, and community context to subsequently inform their change and communication plans.

What you'll find inside:

The Importance of entrepreneurial education and how to communicate it to stakeholders within and outside your school A roadmap for creating future-ready schools that empower students to take ownership of their learning and make an impact Step-by-step methods and actionable steps to bring entrepreneurial education to life in the classroom Strategies for embedding financial literacy, design thinking, and problem-solving into the curriculum Inspiring case studies from schools leading the way in entrepreneurial education Practical advice on overcoming common challenges and gaining buy-in from staff, parents, and decision-makers

If you believe education should prepare young people for the real world, this book is your essential guide. Let's build the future of learning-one entrepreneurial student at a time

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0646714171
• ISBN13: 9780646714172
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Young Change Agents Impact & Research
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.7"