How Children Succeed: Grit [comma] Curiosity [comma] and the Hidden Power of Character

What is the key to success? Grit.

April 6, 2015

In her late 20s, Angela Lee Duckworth left a demanding job as a management consultant at McKinsey to teach math in public schools in San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York. After five years of teaching seventh graders, she went back…

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How Children Succeed: A conversation with author Paul Tough

November 27, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Emily Huizenga during which she discusses Paul Tough’s visit to Snell Library at Northeastern University November 8th to discuss his latest book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power…

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How Children Succeed: A book review by Bob Morris

October 17, 2012

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character Paul Tough Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2012) “Why do some children thrive while others lose their way?” The question I selected as a title for this review is one of…

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