Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction: Stop Looking at My Bad Leg Chapter 1: The Ambitious Pursuit of Mediocrity: How Education Curtails Children's Potential for Greatness Chapter 2: All Children Are Above the Average: The Potential for Greatness Chapter 3: A Musician Must Make Music: The Need to Be Great Chapter 4: Take Control: Personalizable Education for Greatness Chapter 5: Trust Me: Realizing Personalizable Education References Index
Based on current understanding of human abilities, every child can be great. This book brings research from different disciplines to show where children's strengths and passions can be found and argues that in order to teach for greatness, we need to make education personalizable. The author uses examples and stories throughout the book to describe practices that have gone awry and, more importantly, ones that have worked, especially with disadvantaged children.