Who You Know

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