Paul Tough

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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Uncram: A review of Benedict Carey’s How We Learn

September 13, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from Dan Hurley‘s review of Benedict Carey’s recently published book, How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens, published by Random House (2014). It appeared in The New York Times…

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Why Rooster Cogburn would probably get into Harvard

October 27, 2012

In one of his novels, True Grit (1968), Charles Portis focuses on a U.S. Marshal named Reuben J. (“Rooster) Cogburn who is described as fearless and tenacious when overcoming all manner of dangers while pursuing criminals such as Tom Chaney. There…

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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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Leverage Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

October 9, 2012

Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools Paul Bambrick-Santoyo Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”  Derek Bok This book is best viewed as an operations manual with a toolkit for those directly involved in public school education in…

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Opting Out of the “Rug Rat Race”

September 9, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Paul Tough and featured in The Wall Street Journal (September 8, 2012). There continues to be so much bloviating BLAH BLAH BLAH about the importance of education at all levels…

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