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In the seventh grade Todd Rose was suspended-not for the first time-for throwing six stink bombs at the blackboard where his art teacher stood with his back to the class At eighteen he was a high school dropout stocking shelves at a department store for an hour Today Rose is a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Square Peg 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 incredible journey from troubled childhood to Harvard seamlessly 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 Americas antiquated school system With a distinguished blend of humor humility and practical advice for nurturing children who are a poor fit in conventional schools Square Peg is a game-changing manifesto that provides groundbreaking insight into how we can get the most out of all the students in our classrooms and why todays dropouts could be tomorrows innovators.
About the Author
Todd Rose is the director of the Mind, Brain, and Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he leads the Laboratory for the Science of the Individual. The Lab's flagship project is the Individual Mastery Project, also at the Harvard School of Education, a long-term study investigating the development of individual excellence and expertise. He is also the co-founder of The Center for Individual Opportunity, a non-profit organization that promotes the principles of individuality in work, school, and society. His talks have been featured at TedX, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and the Harvard Ed '8 for 8.' He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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