I enrolled at a local college, but this time paid attention to myself - took only courses that really interested me, even if they weren't in sequence; kept out of classes with people I knew from high school, because I tended to act like the class clown around them; selected teachers by their teaching style - until I could build up my study habits. I ended up graduating with a 3.97 GPA and got into Harvard for my doctorate.
Historically, education has been about batch processing: standardize everything against the average, rank kids, sort them to see who gets more and wh… - L. Todd Rose
Historically, education has been about batch processing: standardize everything against the average, rank kids, sort them to see who gets more and wh…
- L. Todd Rose
Education and the workforce: I think these two things go together in terms of human potential. - L. Todd Rose
Education and the workforce: I think these two things go together in terms of human potential.
We need to develop people rather than process them. - L. Todd Rose
We need to develop people rather than process them.
It's fine to pretend that people are one-dimensional, like in body size; the problem comes when you forget that you are just pretending. - L. Todd Rose
It's fine to pretend that people are one-dimensional, like in body size; the problem comes when you forget that you are just pretending.
Character is incredibly jagged, and incredibly contextualized, even to the point where I still feel uncomfortable thinking about it. - L. Todd Rose
Character is incredibly jagged, and incredibly contextualized, even to the point where I still feel uncomfortable thinking about it.
Right now, for instance, we resist giving people extra time on exams or for assignments, as though it's unfair to the faster students. - L. Todd Rose
Right now, for instance, we resist giving people extra time on exams or for assignments, as though it's unfair to the faster students.
I care deeply about opportunity and fairness, because I grew up really poor. - L. Todd Rose
I care deeply about opportunity and fairness, because I grew up really poor.
Our biggest project is actually more in the social sciences, where we are studying mastery - how people get good at things - only we do it from an in… - L. Todd Rose
Our biggest project is actually more in the social sciences, where we are studying mastery - how people get good at things - only we do it from an in…
The whole idea of timing tests is a century old, from a scientist who thought speed and ability were tightly correlated, which they are not. - L. Todd Rose
The whole idea of timing tests is a century old, from a scientist who thought speed and ability were tightly correlated, which they are not.
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