This is a series on college readiness by Lisa Vento Nielsen, MBA, PMP and founder of The Next Step (www.thenextstep1234.com).She has been an educator since 2003 in HigherEd and since 2014 in K-12 classrooms and has written The Book on College Readiness The Prof's Guide to Surviving High School and Kicking Butt in College which this podcast will use as a guide to begin the discussion around college readiness for grades from middle school to high school.