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The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius...
Gail Saltz, author of The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius, argues…
You, Your Child, and School: Navigating Your Way to the...
Sir Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica previously argued in their 2015 book Creative Schools (reviewed here)…
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Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength,...
Rick Hanson, senior fellow at the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley and a…
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The Neuroscience of Intelligence by Richard Haier
The Neuroscience of Intelligence explores intriguing ideas about the neuroscientific and genetic bases of intelligence…
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The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience...
In their new book The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in…
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The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World by...
Humans are driven to create and innovate. In fact, this drive is what fuels our…
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Intentional Innovation: How to Guide Risk-Taking, Build Creative Capacity, and...
How can educators prepare students for an uncertain future? A.J. Juliani, a former middle and…
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The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of...
Parents—a noun, something an individual may be—have existed for as long as there have been…
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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom
“Empathy can motivate kindness to individuals that makes the world better.” Paul Bloom, the Brooks…
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Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity to Inspire Change by Wilma Koutstaal...
How can creativity and innovation give rise to positive changes in ourselves and the world…
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