Mike Rose, who died in August 2021, was a research professor at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. He was the author of 12 books, including Lives on the Boundary (1989) and The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker (2004).
Mike Rose
Searching for Tommy and Rosie
What my mother’s diaries told me about her life and my own
by Mike Rose | Thursday, March 03, 2022
Blue-Collar Brilliance
Questioning assumptions about intelligence, work, and social class
by Mike Rose | Monday, June 01, 2009
School Reform Fails the Test
How can our schools get better when we’ve made our teachers the problem and not the solution?
by Mike Rose | Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Scrutinize Everything
by Mike Rose | Monday, June 13, 2016
When the Light Goes On
How a great teacher can bring a receptive mind to life
by Mike Rose | Monday, March 01, 2010
Making Sparks Fly
How occupational education can lead to a love of learning for its own sake