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Square peg : my story and what it means for raising innovators, visionaries, and out-of-the-box thinkers / L. Todd Rose with Katherine Ellison

Author
Rose, Todd, 1974-
Published
New York : Hyperion, [2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
241 pages ; 22 cm

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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.
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.
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ISBN
9781401324278
1401324274
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-241).
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