The book resonated with me on three levels. He uses a journalistic approach that highlights recent research discounting the need for natural “intelligence” and instead indicating the need for improving the early environment for kids at home and school and the later need for developing grit and resilience over knowledge and fact gathering.
The book from 2012 that I find myself continually referencing is Paul Tough’s “How Children Succeed.” Tough, who previously authored a book on Geoffrey Canada’s work in Harlem, uses his most recent work to describe the latest thinking on success across stages of children’s lives, from infant through adolescence and into the college years. CEO, National Center for Civil and Human Rightsīook: How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character
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