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Paul Tough on Fixing Higher Education’s Broken System
Kate Stoltzfus, Educational Leadership, May 2022
Here’s the real tragedy in college admissions (Q&A)
Zachary Wolf, CNN, April 9, 2022
Stanford Wesson Lectures Recap
Diana Aguilera, McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, December 11, 2020
Experts, authors call for more accessibility in higher education
Anita Tun, Stanford Daily, December 8, 2020
TCR Review: The Years that Matter Most
Sarah Burman, Matthew Gregory, and Gregory Wolniak, Teachers College Record, December 7, 2020
5 researchers who can help us understand how children succeed
PBS Newshour, October 30, 2020
The study that helped this reporter understand student success
Courtney Vinopal, PBS Newshour, October 23, 2020
How this reporter learned to love nosy questions
Courtney Vinopal, PBS Newshour, October 21, 2020
Discussion questions for ‘Helping Children Succeed’
Courtney Vinopal, PBS Newshour, October 8, 2020
‘Helping Children Succeed’ is our October book club pick
Courtney Vinopal, PBS Newshour, September 30, 2020
Book Review: Up Close and Personal?
Justin Grosslight, The Arts Fuse, August 30, 2020
The harsh truth about black enrollment at America’s elite colleges
Howard Gold, Marketwatch, June 25, 2020
What Is College Worth?
Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Review of Books, July 2, 2020
When a Powerful Engine of Mobility Breaks Down
Karen Sumner, “The Root: The UTS Alumni Magazine,” Spring 2020 [article begins on p. 14]
An Intimate Look at What’s Not Working in American Higher Education
Nicole Barbaro, March 25, 2020
How Libraries Saved Cheryl Strayed
New York Times Book Review, February 16, 2020
Paul Tough on the Crisis of American Higher Education
Interview with Sarah Darville, Carnegie Corporation of New York, February 10, 2020
How College Test Prep Favors Wealthy Students
Galilee Abdullah, KERA News (Dallas), January 14, 2020 (excerpts from a radio interview with Kris Boyd)
We Must Do Better for High School Graduates
Interview with Kate Stoltzfus, ASCD Educational Leadership, January 2020
The Decade of the Parenting Manual
Melonyce McAfee, New York Times, December 20, 2019
Get ready to learn from these books, because ignorance is not bliss
Esther Cepeda, The Star Democrat (Maryland), December 19, 2019
‘Do everything’: Journalist Paul Tough on how colleges can get more low-income students to graduate — and why many still do not
Interview with Patrick Wall, Chalkbeat, December 16, 2019
Years That Matter Most review
Melisma Cox, “Books Make the Best Friends” blog, December 12, 2019
Can We Fix the College Inequality Problem?
Steven Brint, The American Prospect, December 10, 2019
Don’t be fooled: College is indispensable to black empowerment
Kim Trent, Detroit Free Press, December 6, 2019
The College Trap
Jonathan Silin, East Hampton Star, December 4, 2019
The Year’s Best Books About Higher Education
Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, December 1, 2019
The higher education crisis
Maria Ferguson, Phi Delta Kappan, November 25, 2019
The myth of meritocracy
Review by Deborah D. Rogers and Howard P. Segal, Times Higher Education (London), November 14, 2019 [Article behind paywall; see PDF.]
Faculty, author discuss how to improve low-income student confidence
Brooke Ontiveros, Daily Texan, October 30, 2019
An author spent years studying higher education. Here’s what he learned about UT.
Lara Korte, Austin American-Statesman, October 30, 2019
Author Paul Tough Visits Arrupe College
Mikayla Lofton, Loyola University News, October 2019
to study for a bachelor’s degree – and pay for it all your life: the crisis that crushes millions of students
Tzach Yoked, Haaretz (Israel), October 25, 2019 [Article is in Hebrew and behind a paywall.]
As Inequities in Higher Ed Grow, So Does the Need To Address Them
By Rebecca T. Miller, School Library Journal, October 23, 2019
Paul Tough on the Problems With College Today
Interview with Katy Vine, Texas Monthly, October 21, 2019
Book Review: The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us by Paul Tough
Ignite Chinese, October 16, 2019
74 Interview: Class, Race & The Pursuit of College. Veteran Journalist Paul Tough Addresses Higher Ed Admissions, Mobility Myths and What His Critics at the College Board Get Wrong
Interview with Greg Toppo, The 74, October 16, 2019
How Harvard Makes the U.S. Less Equal
Brian Bethune, Maclean’s (Canada), October 11, 2019
School funding assures an unequal playing field in college admissions
Patrice Apodaca, Los Angeles Times, October 8, 2019
The years that make or break us
Aisha Sultan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 6, 2019
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
New York Times Book Review, October 3, 2019
An uneven playing field
Marina Schauffler, Sea Change Journal (Portland, Maine), October 3, 2019
The Most Important Part of Paul Tough’s ‘The Years that Matter Most’
Matt Reed, Inside Higher Ed, October 1, 2019
Is meritocracy making everyone miserable?
Louis Menand, The New Yorker, September 30, 2019
Higher education has the potential to create class mobility but all too often is an obstacle to it
Alan Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 29, 2019
In college admissions, the rich get in and get enriched
Maureen Downey, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 26, 2019
Interview: Who gets ahead in higher education?
Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor, September 23, 2019
Inside the Ivory Tower
Sean Kinch, Chapter 16 (Tennessee), September 23, 2019
Privilege Worth Perpetuating
Review by Matthew M. Chingos, Education Next, September 17, 2019
Is the way we do college utterly broken? Author’s new book boldly goes there
Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, September 16, 2019
How Tuition Pricing at Colleges Deepens Class Divides
Catherine Jones, Nonprofit Quarterly, September 16, 2019
Paul Tough spent the past six years studying higher education. Here are the troubling results.
Justin Snider, Washington Post/Hechinger Report, September 16, 2019
Paul Tough’s Remarkable Book On The Inequities In Higher Education
Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, September 16, 2019
Is college broken? A best-selling author will be in Portland to talk about it
Bob Keyes, Portland Press-Herald, September 15, 2019
School of Thought
Review by Jessica Lahey, Air Mail, September 13, 2019
America’s top colleges are not the engines of social mobility they say they are
Jenny Anderson, Quartz, September 13, 2019
Does College Still Work?
Katie Couric, Wake-Up Call, September 12, 2019
Paul Tough on College Admissions, Social Mobility, and the Common Sense Solutions to Current Inequities in Higher Education
Brendan Dowling, Public Libraries Online, September 11, 2019
College shouldn’t be the only path to success
Esther Cepeda, syndicated column, September 11, 2019
College, Calculus, and the Problem With the SAT
Interview with Vera Titunik, Wired, September 11, 2019
5 Hot Books
The National Book Review, September 11, 2019
Review: The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution, September 11, 2019
Is College Merely Helping Those Who Need Help Least?
Review by Tara Westover, New York Times, September 11, 2019
The Mobility Maze: Gateways and Gatekeepers in Higher Education
Interview with Thomas Toch, FutureEd, September 10, 2019
‘The system really is unfair’: Paul Tough talks test prep, college admissions, and his new book
Jackie Schechter, Chalkbeat, September 10, 2019
The College Board says it’s tried to reduce inequity in college admissions. A new book argues it hasn’t
Matt Barnum and Sarah Darville, Chalkbeat, September 10, 2019
Colleges Reinforce Inequality Rather than Social Mobility, New Book Argues
Rebecca Koenig, EdSurge, September 9, 2019
Does College Really Work? Well, It Depends
Interview with Eric Hoover, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 8, 2019
The Approval Matrix
New York Magazine, September 3, 2019
When Did College Turn So Cruel?
Frank Bruni, New York Times, September 3, 2019
Review of “The Years That Matter Most”
Publisher’s Weekly, August 2019
Paul Tough Q&A: “Early Stress Affects Brain Development”
Caroline Smrstik Gentner, BOLD (Zurich), December 11, 2017
Questions and Answers with Journalist Paul Tough
Detroit News, November 30, 2017
Special Report: Kids in Poverty
Lin Xiuzi, United Daily News (Taiwan), October 5, 2017
Bestselling Author Paul Tough: Our Addiction to Test Scores Is Fundamentally Wrong!
Cheng Yanling, CommonWealth Bi-Weekly (Taiwan), Oct 2, 2017
Help Each Child To Succeed
Xu Qi, Commonwealth Parenting Magazine (Taiwan), September 27, 2017
Paul Tough: Children Suffer from Toxic Stress, Especially at Home
Renata Penzani, Catraquinha (Brazil), September 26, 2017
Education for the 21st Century: A Matter of Character
Bia Willcox, R7.com (Brazil), July 17, 2017
We’re confusing stress with challenge, says Paul Tough
Vinícius de Oliveira, Porvir (Brazil), July 4, 2017
“Schools Are Outdated”
Luisa Bustamante, Veja (Brazil), June 30, 2017
Paul Tough discusses how to overcome school stress
Tim Goral, District Administration, June 2017
Al Franken: By the Book
New York Times Book Review, May 25, 2017
Una Historia Esperanzadora
Elena Alfaro, Inquietanzas (Madrid), March 20, 2017
Help Every Child Succeed
Interview with Paul Tough by Bin Jing Sun, Parent-Child Magazine (Taiwan), March 2017
To Help Each Child Succeed, Rely on Non-Cognitive Ability
Parent-Child Magazine (Taiwan), March 2017
Ein Hoher IQ Ist Kein Erfolgsgarant
(A High IQ Is Not a Guarantee of Success)
Interview by Alexandra Kedves, Tages-Anzeiger (Zurich), January 22, 2017
Our Favorite Books of 2016
Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life (Berkeley, Calif.), December 7, 2016
Waarom zijn sommige kinderen succesvol en andere niet?
(Why Are Some Children Successful and Others Not?)
Liesbeth Breek, Blogcollectief Onderzoek Onderwijs (Amsterdam), November 4, 2016
Paul Tough: The Best Way to Transform Your Schools
Jennifer L.W. Fink, Scholastic Administrators EduPulse, September 13, 2016
The Next Step to Paul Tough’s “Helping Children Succeed”
Barbara Chow, Hewlett Foundation’s “Work in Progress” blog, September 1, 2016
Must Read: “Helping Children Succeed” By Paul Tough
Ben Berk, New York Family, August 31, 2016
Schools Should Immerse Students in Virtue
Bill Crawford, Sun Herald (Gulfport, Miss.), August 21, 2016
The Seven Qualities Worth Developing
Sudhamahi Regunathan, The Hindu (Chennai, India), July 28, 2016
Unlocking the Keys to Grit, Perseverance and Student Success
Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 16, 2016
Kids Need More Than Just Brains to Succeed
Jill Suttie, Greater Good, July 12, 2016
The Brain Game
The Economist, July 9, 2016
Children’s Success Depends on Environment in Home and Class
Dana Carroll, Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader, July 1, 2016
Q&A With Paul Tough: Environment Matters for Student Success
Kate Stoltzfus, Education Week, June 30, 2016
How Should Society Respond to Challenge of Educating Low-Income Kids?
Esther Cepeda, Sioux City Journal, June 23, 2016
The Limits of “Grit”
David Denby, The New Yorker, June 21, 2016
Inspire But Don’t Test for Vital Qualities of Mind Like Grit
John Fensterwald, EdSource, June 20, 2016
The Building Blocks of Learning
David Brooks, New York Times, June 14, 2016
Helping Children and Teens Succeed
Alicia Eames, School Library Journal, June 13, 2016
True Grit
Kevin Carey, New York Times Book Review, June 12, 2016
This Book Upends Everything We Thought We Knew About Where Grit Comes From…
Jenny Anderson, Quartz, June 9, 2016
We Know How To Help Low-Income Students Succeed, We Just Aren’t Doing It
Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post, June 8, 2016
We Know Socio-emotional Skills Are Important – How Do We Develop Them?
David Evans, World Bank’s Development Impact blog, June 8, 2016
Paul Tough Talks About “Helping Children Succeed”
Alyssa Haywoode, Eye on Early Education, June 7, 2016
Summer Reading Recommendations for Educators 2016: A Top Ten list
Jonathan Martin, 21k12 blog, June 2, 2016
How to Help Low-Income Students Succeed
Jill Suttie, Greater Good (Berkeley, California), June 3, 2016
“Helping Children Succeed”: Little Things Can Transform Kids’ Learning
Greg Toppo, USA Today, June 2, 2016
Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why
Stanford Social Innovation Review, May 31, 2016
Teaching Character
Jay P. Greene, Education Next, Winter 2017
Helping Children Succeed (Will Require Doing Pretty Much the Opposite…)
Jennifer Berkshire, EduShyster, May 26, 2016
‘Helping Children Succeed’ Starts At Birth; A Case For The Power Of Nurture
Anya Kamenetz, NPR, May 24, 2016
Yes, Disadvantaged Kids Can Excel in School — Paul Tough Explains How
Charlie Gofen, National Book Review, May 24, 2016
‘Helping Children Succeed’ Author Paul Tough on What Works and Why
Jennifer L.W. Fink, HotChalk Education Network, May 24, 2016
Helping Children Succeed: Brain Science in the Classroom
Claudia Gold, Psychology Today’s Child in Mind blog, May 24, 2016
Should Teachers Be in the Business of Teaching Grit?
Chris Bodenner, Atlantic Notes blog, May 18, 2016
Coaches’ Corner: How The New York Times Told the Story of a Man Adrift at Sea
Steven Wilmsen and Joel Lovell, Poynter, April 6, 2016
Hvernig stuðlum við að velgengni barna?
(How Do We Contribute to Children’s Success?)
Björn Rúnar Egilsson, Kjarninn magazine (Iceland), February 7, 2016
Expert Says Character Is as Important as High Test Scores
Yolanda Putman, Chattanooga Times Free Press, January 12, 2016
Comment les Enfants Réussissent
Papa Positive (Paris), July 20, 2015
Een kwestie van karakter
Wouter Sanderse, Decazine (The Netherlands), June 2015
Glen Ellyn Book Discussion, Presentation to Focus on Children’s Success
Chicago Daily Herald, January 6, 2015
Paul Tough on What (Besides Tests) Should Count
Charles Taylor Kerchner, Education Week’s On California blog, December 10, 2014
¿Enseñar habilidades no cognitivas debe ser una prioridad?
Alejandro Ganimian, Preal education blog, December 9, 2014
Should Teaching “Soft” Skills Be a Priority?
Alejandro J. Ganimian, WISE Ed.review (Qatar), November 27, 2014
Curiosity and Grit Help Kids Succeed
TVO Parents (Toronto), November 24, 2014
Author Paul Tough’s Agenda for Helping More Children Succeed
Bridgespan Group Newsletter, November 2014
‘Philomena’ Writer Hired to Write Maritime Survival Tale ‘Speck in the Sea’
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, November 12, 2014
Education Guru Paul Tough Says Grit Is the True Secret to Student Success
Louise Brown, Toronto Star, November 11, 2014
How Investors Succeed: 3 Crucial Insights From Education Experts
John Reeves, The Motley Fool, November 11, 2014
Science Book a Day Interviews Paul Tough
George Aranda, Science Book a Day, November 3, 2014
Paul Tough: As Children Reach Success
Czytamy Razem (Poland), November 2, 2014
Distinguished Speaker Paul Tough Gives Insight…
St. Margaret’s Episcopal School News (with photos), October 16, 2014
5 Things To Know So You Don’t Mess Up Your Kid
Blinkist on Medium, July 11, 2014
Five Character Traits That Help Kids Succeed
Notoya Green, Essence Magazine, July 9, 2014
Do You Really Have to Fail to Succeed?
Daniel McGinn, Harvard Business Review, July/August 2014
Teaching Kids to Be Successful
Scott Brinton, Merrick Herald (New York), June 26, 2014
Character Counts in Student Success, Researchers Say
Charles Honey, School News Network (Grand Rapids, Michigan), June 3, 2014
Book Club with a Purpose
Ralston Recorder (Nebraska), May 16, 2014
Non-Cognitive Skills (Interview with Paul Tough)
Tania Pescarini, Gestão Educacional/Educational Management (Brazil), May 2, 2014
Paul Tough: Success in Education Depends on Personality
Camila Guimaraes, Época (Brazil), April 4, 2014
“Often, trying to protect our children, we are doing more harm than good”
Iana Chan, Educar para Crescer (Brazil), March 28, 2014
School Focuses on the Skills Assessed on Academic Tests, Says Author
Clara Roman, Folha de S. Paulo (Brazil), March 24, 2014
Raising Successful Kids
Erin Grace, Omaha World-Herald, March 22, 2014
How to Have a Successful Child
Pravda (Slovakia), March 22, 2014
Champion of Children
Columbus Post, February 20, 2014
The Grit Factor in Success
Esther J. Cepeda, San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 2014
Paul Tough Speaking at Economic Club and Local High School
Monica Scott, Grand Rapids Press (Michigan), February 6, 2014
Paul Tough Speaks about Character and Adversity
Melissa Buckley, Living 60010 (Illinois), February 5, 2014
Author Discusses the ‘Adversity Gap’ with Barrington Parents, Teachers
Bridget O’Shea, Barrington Courier-Review (Illinois), February 5, 2014
Successful Students Have “Grit”
Rich Elfers, Enumclaw Courier-Herald (Washington), January 28, 2014
Book Discussion Group Great Source for Helping Students
Steve Matthews, Observer & Eccentric (Michigan), January 27, 2014
Education Summit Speaker: Spunk Matters More than Test Scores
Lake Wylie Pilot (North Carolina), January 22, 2014
Read of the Week: Raising Children with Character
Barrington Courier-Review (Illinois), January 15, 2014
Barrington Reads to Welcome Author Paul Tough
Barrington Courier-Review (Illinois), January 15, 2014
The Weinstein Co. Acquires New York Times Article “A Speck in the Sea”
The Hollywood Reporter, January 10, 2014
Q&A with Summit Keynote Speaker Paul Tough
Metro Magazine (Omaha, Nebraska), January 2014
Family New Year’s Resolutions: Commit to Change Together in 2014
Terri Peters, Today.com, January 1, 2014
New Insight into How Children Succeed
Yang Seon-ah, The Hankyoreh (Seoul), December 25, 2013 [Korean-language version here]
Paul Tough on Stress and Children’s Success
Maureen Kelleher, Fred Rogers Center blog, December 17, 2013
Curiosity, Integrity, Self-Discipline, Resilience
The Chosun Ilbo (Seoul), December 12, 2013
Alternative zum Boot Camp
Deutschlandradio Kultur (Germany), November 29, 2013
Lasting Change for Our Children
Greg Landsman and Patricia Nagelkirk, Cincinnati Enquirer, November 22, 2013
How Children Succeed review
Daniel Willingham: Science and Education Blog, October 29, 2013
Bye-bye IQ
Katharina Schmitz, Der Freitag (Germany), October 23, 2013
Kinder brauchen keine IQ-Trainer, sondern Mumm
Peter Praschl, Die Welt (Germany), October 15, 2013
Tough Discusses Attitudes Around Academic Success
The Boston College Heights, October 10, 2013
Character as Destiny and How Children Succeed
Everyday eBook, October 9, 2013
Joe Cozart reviews Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed
Research in Review, October 7, 2013
True Grit
Scholastic Instructor, Winter 2013
Your ‘Better School Day’ Book List
Jennifer Rainey Marquez, Parade, August 10, 2013
Three Cheers for School! Building a Better School Day
Michael Brick, Parade, August 10, 2013
Interview with Paul Tough on How Children Succeed
AlexChediak.com, July 17, 2013
My Summer Reading List
Bill Gates, The Gates Notes, July 9, 2013
“Az IQ nem minden” – interjú Paul Tough oktatáskutatóval
Vajna Tamas, Heti Világgazdaság magazine (Budapest), July 8, 2013
Best Beach Read—Paul Tough’s “How Children Succeed”
Julia Steiny, GoLocalProv (Providence, R.I.), July 3, 2013
Learned Helplessness
Bookforum, June/July/August 2013
Worn Down and Worn Out
Irene Carney and Tom Shields, Style Weekly (Richmond, Virginia), June 11, 2013
Project Parenthood
Isabel Berwick, Financial Times, June 7, 2013
Paul Tough Tells OC Crowd That an Adversity Gap in the U.S….
THINK Together blog, June 6, 2013
Closing the Adversity Gap
Joseph Pimentel, Orange County Register, June 5, 2013
Grit, Character and Other Noncognitive Skills
School Administrator, June 2013
Minneapolis Youth Programs Aim to Empower Today’s Kids
Jeremy Olson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, May 30, 2013
Author Looks at Character’s Role in Student Success
Susan Palmer, Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon), April 25, 2013
Education Writer Says the Hidden Power of Character…
Mitch Perry, Creative Loafing (Tampa), April 24, 2013
Grit, Optimism Essential in Weeks Like This
Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, April 20, 2013
Forget Test Prep – Students Need to Learn Tenacity, Self-Control
Andee Hochman, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 10, 2013
Writer on Children’s Success to Speak at GFA
Westport News (Connecticut), March 28, 2013
How Kids Can Succeed
Frank T. Pool, Longview News Journal (Texas), March 26, 2013
Camp and Character: An Interview with Paul Tough
Camping Magazine, March 2013
Summit Examines Impact of Poverty and Violence
Catholic Star-Herald (Camden, N.J.), March 21, 2013
N.J. Summit Looks at Effects of Stress on Learning
Barbara Boyer, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 19, 2013
Winning Through Failure
Johanna Gretschel, Tulane University News, March 13, 2013
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Silvia A. Bunge, “Cerebrum,” the Dana Foundation’s online magazine, March 11, 2013
Building Character Is Best Way to Nurture Educational Success
Hilary Wilce, The Independent (London), March 6, 2013.
Book Review: Character Matters When it Comes to Student Success
Bob Kustra, Idaho Statesman, February 24, 2013
Why Kids Must Fail to Succeed
Kara Miller and Kinne Chapin, Innovation Hub, WGBH Boston, February 22, 2013
What’s a Parent to Do?
Tom Deignan, Newark Star-Ledger, February 17, 2013
Tough Life Lessons
Irish Examiner, February 3, 2013
Observer Review: How Children Succeed
Geraldine Brennan, The Observer (London), January 19, 2013
Author Paul Tough to Talk about Helping Children Succeed
Suzanne McLaughlin, The Republican (Springfield, Mass.), January 19, 2013
Stay Focused
The Economist, January 19, 2013
Finding the Recipe to Your Child’s Success
Lisa Salmon, Hull Daily Mail (U.K.), January 15, 2013
Equip Your Child with the Best Skills to Help Them Succeed in Life
The Irish News (Belfast), January 15, 2013
How Do We Teach Our Kids About True Grit?
Carole Sugarman, Bethesda Magazine, January 9, 2013
Superintendent’s Book Club: How Children Succeed
Supt. Joshua Starr, Montgomery County Public Schools, January 8, 2013 [Video]
Telegraph Review
Judith Woods, The Telegraph (London), January 8, 2013
The Secret to Making Children Succeed? Don’t Be a Pushy Parent
Celia Walden, The Telegraph (London), January 5, 2013
What Your Child Really Needs Is the Nature
Calcalist (Israel), January 3, 2013
Failure Can Teach Perseverance
Geoff Johnson, Vancouver Sun, January 2, 2013
Science and Practice Reroute Students Toward Success
Minnesota Educator, January 2013
The Top 10 Books of 2012
People Magazine, December 31, 2012
Our Ten Favorite Books of 2012
Greater Good, December 26, 2012
A Conservative Policy Agenda
Carol Platt Liebau, Townhall.com, December 10, 2012
Educators Consider Impact of Character
Erin Richards, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 29, 2012
100 Notable Books of 2012
New York Times Book Review, November 27, 2012
2012 Books: Slate Staff Picks
Slate, November 27, 2012
Getting Gritty with Paul Tough
Brandon Fastman, Santa Barbara Independent, November 18, 2012
Más Allá de las Notas
Juan Pablo Garnham, Qué Pasa (Chile), November 15, 2012
How Children Succeed: A Conversation with Author Paul Tough
Emily Huizenga, Snell Snippets (Boston), November 13, 2012
Amherst Schools Urge Students to ‘Work Smart’
Nick Grabbe, Amherst Bulletin, November 14, 2012
Paul Tough to Discuss New Book How Children Succeed
Paul Irish, Toronto Star, November 12, 2012
Author Paul Tough Gives Talk on the Traits that Help Children Succeed
Sarah Galer, University of Chicago News, November 9, 2012
Forget Pushy Parenting – It’s Time to Set Your Child Free
Judith Woods, The Telegraph (London), November 5, 2012
True Grit: Paul Tough on Non-Cognitive Skills Education
Abigail Mackenzie Kerl, Chicago Policy Review, November 5, 2012
Book Perfect for Innovative Educators
Paul W. Bennett, Chronicle-Herald (Halifax), November 4, 2012
Give Us Grit Not Grades
Matt Rudd, The Sunday Times (London), November 4, 2012 [Subscription required; see here for scan.]
Does Character Matter?
Alicia Eames, School Library Journal, November 2, 2012
Character Matters: An Interview With Paul Tough
Hannah Hudson, We Are Teachers Blog, October 31, 2012
How Children Succeed? With Support from Those Around Them
Kids’ Policy Express (Texas), October 31, 2012
Portland Schools Incorporating “Character” Education
Amber Cronin, The Forecaster (Maine), October 30, 2012
Optimism, Self-Control Are Keys to Child’s Success, Author Says
Michelle Koidin Jaffee, San Antonio Express-News, October 29, 2012
Why Do Some Children Succeed But Others Fail?
kypost.com (Northern Kentucky), October 29, 2012
What Kids Need More Than Test-Taking Skills: Grit and Character
Michael Corbin, Baltimore Brew, October 28, 2012
Jane Austen Weekly: Child Poverty in Mansfield Park
Susan Celia Greenfield, Huffington Post, October 26, 2012
Character Is Destiny in How Children Succeed
Linda Flanagan, Huffington Post, October 26, 2012
“There’s Lots That Can Be Done”
Lionel Foster, Baltimore Sun, October 26, 2012
Interview with LiveMom of Austin, Texas
Christine Sinatra, LiveMom.com, October 24, 2012
RHB Buys Tough
Charlotte Williams and Lisa Campbell, The Bookseller (London), October 24, 2012
Diane Ravitch on “How Children Succeed”
Diane Ravitch’s Blog, October 23, 2012
Q&A with Paul Tough on “How Children Succeed”
Valerie Strauss, Washington Post “Answer Sheet” blog, October 23, 2012
Cuddle Your Kid!
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times, October 21, 2012
Closing the Achievement Gap
Maureen Downey’s “Get Schooled” blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 19, 2012
Can We Teach Grit?
Julie Poppen, EdNews Colorado, October 16, 2012
How Children Succeed: Paul Tough on His Best-Selling Book
Kate Guadagnino, Elizabeth Street, October 15, 2012
Helping Children Succeed
Kenneth Barish, Psychology Today’s “Pride and Joy” Blog, October 15, 2012
Book Review – How Children Succeed
Sutterblog, October 14, 2012
Paul Tough: Affluent Parents Emphasize Wrong Set of Skills
Laura Hine, Make It Better, October 2012
The Grit Factor: Hard to Measure, Hard to Succeed Without
John Fensterwald, EdSource, October 11, 2012
Helping Students Manage Stress, Set Goals, and Feel Connected
Elena Aguilar, Edutopia, October 11, 2012
Your IQ Doesn’t Matter & Other Lessons About Creativity From Children
Sean Blanda, 99U, October 10, 2012
Bestselling Author Praises Memphis School in Book
Jane Roberts, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), October 6, 2012
Case Made for Character Education
Jesse Wright, Press Register (Clarksdale, Mississippi), October 4, 2012
Edutopia: How Children Succeed
Elena Aguilar, Edutopia, October 4, 2012
Rethinking What Leads to Success in Education
Greg Toppo, USA Today, October 3, 2012
Paul Tough Says Students Build Character by ‘Taking on a Challenge’ and Failure
Red and Black (Athens, Georgia), October 2, 2012
Author Paul Tough to Speak at Woodlawn Foundation Fundraiser
The Magic City Post (Birmingham, Alabama), October 2, 2012
Character Helps Kids Succeed
Anne Jarvis, Windsor Star, October 1, 2012
The Psych Approach
David Brooks, New York Times, September 28, 2012
How Children Succeed: Instilling Students With Grit and Curiosity
Flagpole (Athens, Georgia), September 26, 2012
A Mom’s Reflection on Our Children’s Success
Margaret Bernstein Keller, The Family Meeting, September 25, 2012
Paul Tough’s Lecture at Town Hall
Erica Rayner-Horn, Community of Mindful Parents, September 2012
Is Character the Key to Success?
Vicki Zakrzewski, Greater Good, September 25, 2012
Gift of Grit, Curiosity Help Kids Succeed
Jerry Large, Seattle Times, September 23, 2012
Trying to Find the Balance Between Academic Learning and Building Character
Patrice Apodaca, Newport-Mesa Daily Pilot, September 22, 2012
“We Have Focused Way Too Much on Intelligence and Cognitive Skills”
Barbara McMahon, The Times of London, September 22, 2012 [Paywall]
How Children Succeed: An Interview with Paul Tough
Judy Bolton-Fasman, Huffington Post, September 21, 2012
For Business Leaders (and MBAs), Character Counts
Warren Bennis, Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s “Getting In” blog, September 17, 2012
Want Your Kid To Succeed? Don’t Worry About The SAT
Victoria Barret, Forbes.com, September 14, 2012
Forget Rating Teachers. Think Grit 101.
Jay Mathews, “Class Struggle” blog, Washington Post, September 13, 2012
Who Will Succeed? Why Smarts Matter Less Than You Think
Seattle’s Child, September 12, 2012
How Do Kids Succeed: Test Taking or Character Building?
“The Juggle” blog, Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2012
Is Your Child Building Character?
Eric Steinman, Care2.com, September 10, 2012
Child’s Character Matters in Education
Chicago Tribune, September 10, 2012
“How Children Succeed”: Character, not IQ
“On Parenting,” Washington Post parenting blog, September 10, 2012
Failure Is Not a Bad Option
Time Magazine, September 10, 2012
Reading, Math and Grit
Joe Nocera, New York Times, September 8, 2012
Excerpt: Opting Out of the ‘Rug Rat Race’
Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2012
How Do Children Succeed? It’s Not Academics.
Brian Bethune, Maclean’s magazine, September 6, 2012
Time Out: Paul Tough Interview
Time Out Chicago, September 6, 2012
Which Matters More, Cognitive Ability or Motivation?
Slate, September 5, 2012
Exclusive Excerpt: Paul Tough’s “How Children Succeed”
Gotham Schools, September 5, 2012
Back To School: Why Grit is More Important Than Good Grades
Time Ideas, September 5, 2012
What Makes a Good Teacher?
Vera Titunik, The New York Times Magazine’s 6th Floor Blog, September 4, 2012
Why a Child’s Character May Determine Their Success
Forbes, September 4, 2012
Q&A with Paul Tough: The Obama Administration’s Big Missed Opportunity
The Hechinger Report, September 4, 2012
Classroom Q&A: An Interview With Paul Tough On Character & Schools
Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo, Edweek.com, September 4, 2012
What’s a Teacher to Do? Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed
Classroom as Microcosm, September 3, 2012
Paul Tough Speaks at Harvard: How Children Succeed
Child in Mind blog, Boston.com, September 3, 2012
What Does it Mean to Teach Character?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 2, 2012
Interview with Paul Tough
School Leadership Briefing, September 2012
Why kids need to fail to succeed in school
Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail, September 1, 2012
Point Person: Our Q&A with author Paul Tough on letting children fail
Dallas Morning News, August 31, 2012
Behind the Cover Story
The New York Times Magazine’s 6th Floor Blog, August 20, 2012
The Case for Character
New York Family, August 2012
A Conversation with Paul Tough
Early Ed Watch, December 6, 2010
Author: Communities Can Lift Poor Students
Ryan Blackburn, Athens Banner-Herald (Georgia), December 3, 2010
The Children’s Hour
Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal, January 14, 2009
Geoffrey Canada and Education’s Future
Jay Mathews, Washington Post, December 19, 2008
Learning Zone: Harlem Project Gives Poor Students an Edge
Bernice Yeung, Edutopia, November 19, 2008
The Transformer
Linda Perlstein, New York Times, October 17, 2008
Building the Village
Donna Foote, Washington Post, October 12, 2008
Against All Odds
Erin Aubry Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2008
The Success Virus
Cathleen Medwick, O: The Oprah Magazine, September 2008
Whatever It Takes (book review)
Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor, September 10, 2008
Paul Tough on Transom
Transom, April 1, 2001
Dear Web Pal: These Letters Must End
Dinitia Smith, New York Times, January 6, 2001
E-mail confidential
Leah McLaren, Globe and Mail, September 2, 2000
Saturday’s Child
Philippe Devos, Ryerson Review of Journalism, March 1999
The Headlines the ‘Times’ Wants Back
Mediaweek, July 22, 1996