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Square Peg

My Story and What It Means for Raising Innovators, Visionaries, and Out-of-the-Box Thinkers

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By Todd Rose

With Katherine Ellison

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On Sale
Mar 5, 2013
Page Count
256 pages
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-13
9781401324278

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$36.00

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$46.00 CAD

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  1. ebook

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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 $4.25 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 America’s 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 today’s dropouts could be tomorrow’s innovators.

Genre:

  • Nonfiction
  • Family & Relationships
  • Children With Special Needs

Todd Rose is a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, international lecturer, and leading thinker in the field of Educational Neuroscience. Today, Todd works at the forefront of innovation in learning science and education, contributing new insights about learning variability, and helping to design new educational technologies flexible enough to support all students in reaching their full potential.&lt BR&gt &lt BR&gt Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, who has written three books on neuroscience and learning differences, most recently including &lt I &gt Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention&lt /I&gt , as well as related articles for media including &lt I &gt The New York Times&lt /I&gt , &lt I &gt The Washington Post&lt /I&gt , and &lt I &gt The Atlantic&lt /I&gt magazine.&lt BR&gt &lt BR&gt Together, Rose and Ellison bring you the story of Todd Rose's extraordinary comeback from a teenaged high-school dropout with a pregnant wife and job stocking shelves in a department store to one of America's foremost young experts on education, learning differences, and creativity. &lt I &gt Square Peg, Round Hole &lt /I&gt also educates parents, teachers, and other interested readers about the fast-paced recent changes taking place in U.S. classrooms, relating why the technology-enabled classrooms of the future may soon be more engaging, innovative, and accessible than ever before.

Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist, former foreign correspondent, writing consultant, author of four books, and mother of two sons. Her most recent writing has focused primarily on neuroscience and the environment.

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Todd Rose

About the Author

Todd Rose is the cofounder of Populace, a think tank dedicated to building a world where all people have the chance to live fulfilling lives in a thriving society. Prior to Populace, Dr. Rose was a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he founded the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality and directed the Mind, Brain, and Education program. He lives in Burlington, Massachusetts.

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