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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 who really doesn't deserve to be there. The problem, even if you're just being selfish from an economic standpoint, is we're not producing the talent we need. "

L. Todd Rose

Kids , Selfish , Average

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" We need to develop people rather than process them. "

L. Todd Rose

People , Process , needs

" Historically, education has been about batch processing: standardize everything against the average, rank kids, sort them to see who gets more and who really doesn't deserve to be there. The problem, even if you're just being selfish from an economic standpoint, is we're not producing the talent we need. "

L. Todd Rose

Kids , Selfish , Average

" We've become so used to the concept as a measuring and sorting tool, that it and its correlates - below-average, above-average - are everyday speech. We don't even question the language, although the challenges we face require a different mindset. "

L. Todd Rose

Challenges , Everyday , Average

" The Age of Average gave us a lot. Take clothing: We've all benefited remarkably from large, medium and small sizes making things affordable and available, but when it really counts - the wedding gown and the pressurized fighter pilot suit - it's bespoke all the way. "

L. Todd Rose

Size , Average , Suits

" 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

People , Body , Size

" That was one of my most surprising discoveries when I dug into the history of average-ism: When you actually get the data, it rarely captures anyone. Which then begs the question, why are we using this as a reference standard for human beings? "

L. Todd Rose

Discovery , Average

" Character is incredibly jagged, and incredibly contextualized, even to the point where I still feel uncomfortable thinking about it. "

L. Todd Rose

Thinking , Character , Uncomfortable

" Talent - really, everyone agrees, it's multidimensional, and often overlooked in standard assessments. That's not hard for people to accept. "

L. Todd Rose

People , Talent , Assessment

" 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

People , Time , Giving

" 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. "

L. Todd Rose

School , Teacher , Teaching

" Education and the workforce: I think these two things go together in terms of human potential. "

L. Todd Rose

Thinking , Two , Together

" 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

Ideas , Timing , Tests

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