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Helping Children Succeed

  • Imprint: Random House Books

  • ISBN: 9781847947963

  • Length: 144  Pages

  • Dimensions: 216mm x 11mm x 135mm

  • Weight: 150g

  • RRP: £8.99

Helping Children Succeed

  • What Works and Why

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 improve the chances of every child, however adverse their circumstances. And he mines the latest research in psychology and neuroscience to show how creating the right environments, both at home and at school, can instil personal qualities vital for future success.

  • Imprint: Random House Books

  • ISBN: 9781847947963

  • Length: 144  Pages

  • Dimensions: 216mm x 11mm x 135mm

  • Weight: 150g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • "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

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About the Author

Paul Tough

Paul Tough is a contributing writer to New York Times Magazine, where he has written extensively about education, parenting, poverty, and politics, including cover stories on character education, the achievement gap, the post-Katrina school system in New Orleans, the 'No Child Left Behind' policy and charter schools. He has also been a contributor to This American Life, as part of which he reported on the Harlem Children Zone's 'Baby College', an 8-week program where young parents learn how to help their children become successful. His book about the Harlem's Children Zone is called Whatever It Takes. He lives in New York with his wife and his young son.

Paul Tough

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