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Academic Struggles & building character

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Education Speaker Paul Tough: You Can’t Teach Grit. But You Can Make Kids Act Gritty.

Paul Tough, author of “Helping Children Succeed,” outlines the four essential messages students need to receive in the classroom in order to become more gritty, optimistic, and resilient people.

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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.

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Paul Tough: How Children Succeed—The Hidden Power of Character

Paul Tough, author of “How Children Succeed,” addresses the challenge for educators to provide their students with a different set of skills, which are necessary to succeed in life.

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FindCenterThe ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

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What If the Secret to Success Is Failure?

We all know—on some level, at least—that what kids need more than anything is a little hardship: some challenge, some deprivation that they can overcome, even if just to prove to themselves that they can.

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