There are
myriad recommendations in the
book, which Mike boils down into three major themes: First, balance our fixation on college completion with renewed attention to career and technical
education; next prioritize the needs of «strivers» — the low - income students who are working hardest to make it to the middle class; finally, encourage all students to follow the «success sequence» — including delaying parenthood — as the surest means of avoiding pitfalls that push kids off the path to upward mobility.