Paul Tough challenges our culture\u2019s belief that intelligence, endlessly measured by test scores, is the sole indicator of value in our education system. It\u2019s not. In How Children Succeed, he ushers in a tidal change in thinking and argues that non-cognitive skills\u2014or, character\u2014are better indicators of success: curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, self-control, and grit.<\/p>\n
A contributing writer to the\u00a0New York Times Magazine, Paul Tough is also the author of\u00a0Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada\u2019s Quest to Change Harlem and America, which focuses on the steps necessary to improve the lives and education of underserved children. Through the case study of the Harlem Children\u2019s Zone, Tough describes the inspiring struggle to establish a way to combat poverty that could be replicated nationwide. Tough has also contributed to\u00a0This American Life\u00a0and\u00a0The New Yorker, where he has honed his focus upon education, poverty, parenting, and politics. The film rights for his\u00a0New York Times Magazine\u00a0cover story \u201cA Speck in the Sea,\u201d about the rescue of fisherman John Aldridge, have been acquired by Harvey Weinstein for production by The Weinstein Company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17697,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"members-type":[873],"class_list":["post-17694","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","members-type-authors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n