Summary
A handbook to guide parents and teachers through the science of helping children succeed.
In his international bestseller How Children Succeed, Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control and conscientiousness play a critical role in children’s success. Now, in Helping Children Succeed, he outlines the practical steps that adults - from parents and teachers to policymakers and philanthropists - can take to impr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847947963 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847947964 |
| Author: | Paul Tough |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Random House Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 149g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 135mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
Around the world, countries are embracing early-childhood projects, opening snazzy centres and dispatching home visitors. But too many projects are of poor quality. Mr Tough shows that it need not be this way. * The Economist *
[A book] you really should read. * Huffington Post *
Packed with … research-based insights into addressing students’ core social and emotional needs. For the past decade or more Tough has been one of the pre-eminent reporters translating education research for public consumption. His new, slim book is no exception, and it contains some surprises for fans of his previous work. * NPR *
This book upends everything we thought we knew about where grit comes from and how to get it. * Quartz *
Tough is adept at translating academic jargon into precise, accessible prose … Tough promotes [his argument] so persuasively. * New York Times *
A thought-provoking new book … An important step in the right direction. * Psychology Today *
When author Paul Tough released How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character in 2012, it spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller lists and was translated into 27 languages … Now he’s back with a new book that builds on his previous work. Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why explains how parents, teachers and administrators can create environments to foster qualities that lead to success. * Knowledge@Wharton – The Magazine of Wharton Business School *
Tough mixes hard truths and hopefulness … Tough offers limited proof that early stress can be overcome and that kids who get care when they are still very young can enter kindergarten at the same level as better-off kids. – New Yorker
Paul Tough
Paul Tough’s previous book, How Children Succeed, spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists and was translated into 27 languages. He is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and a regular contributor to the public radio program This American Life.
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