{"product_id":"9781401304966","title":"Square Peg: My Story and What It Means for Raising Innovators, Visionaries, and Out-of-the-Box Thinkers","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSquare Peg\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a distinguished blend of humor, humility, and practical advice for nurturing children who are a poor fit in conventional schools, \u003ci\u003eSquare Peg\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140425531632,"sku":"9781401304966","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781401304966_p0.jpg?v=1769895134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781401304966","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}