Square peg
Subtitle: my story and what it means for raising innovators, visionaries, and out-of-the-box thinkers
By: L. Todd Rose with Katherine Ellison
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781401324278
Subjects: Learning disabled; Education; Individualized instruction; Biography; Psychology
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: surrendering the rain sticks; title: My bright future; title: Smart criminal; title: Why context matters; title: Ostracized; title: Fitting in; title: and dropping out; title: Social justice; title: Turnaround; title: Failing well; title: Epilogue; creating new contexts for learning.