Thanks to HarperCollins for the ARC at BEA 2019!

I really enjoyed this book! It's a great look at from a Stanford professor at how we can apply recent insights in neuroscience towards education and how we think about learning. Boaler notes that as a society, we approach learning as a fixed thing; if you are bad at something, we generally just assume you'll always be bad at it. This compounds itself for women and people of color. The insights of neuroplasticity and the interconnections of brain regions show us how learning is a dynamic, constant, lifelong process, and that we shouldn't construct these arbitrary barriers around ourselves. Very approachable, not too technical (honestly, I kinda wanted it to get more technical as a budding neuroscientist myself, but this keeps it approachable), and well written! Highly recommend!