Square peg : my story and what it means for raising innovators, visionaries, and out-of-the-box thinkers
Title:
Square peg : my story and what it means for raising innovators, visionaries, and out-of-the-box thinkers
Author:
Rose, Todd, 1974-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Hyperion, 2013.
Physical Description:
241 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
In the seventh grade, Todd Rose was suspended--not for the first time--for throwing stink bombs at the blackboard. At eighteen, he was a high school dropout, stocking shelves at a department store. Today, Rose is a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His book illuminates the struggles of millions of bright young children--and their frustrated parents and teachers--who are stuck in a one-size-fits-all school system that fails to approach the student as an individual. Rose shares his own journey from troubled childhood to Harvard, integrating cutting-edge research in neuroscience and psychology along with advances in the field of education, to ultimately provide a roadmap for parents and teachers of kids who are the casualties of America's school system.--From publisher description.
Language:
English
Contents:
Prologue: surrendering the rain sticks -- My bright future -- Smart criminal -- Why context matters -- Ostracized -- Fitting in and dropping out -- Social justice -- Turnaround -- Failing well -- Epilogue; creating new contexts for learning.
Personal Subject:
Added Author:
ISBN:
9781401324278
Format :
Book
