Sentences with phrase «children succeeding»

«It's emerging as one of the primary dimensions of successful functioning across the lifespan,» Paul Tough writes in «How Children Succeed.»

Surely you know what, say, James Q. Wilson has written about how strong marriages help children succeed in life, and how good marriages are becoming less common among the poor.

Parents with economic means do everything they can to make sure their children succeed, and rightfully so, but they often do so while giving little or no thought to the consequences of their actions for other children in the system.

If we're able to create this atmosphere, then we'll help every child succeed and grow.

I smiled broadly as I read through Paul Tough's How Children Succeed.

Paul will discuss Helping Children Succeed in a speech in the community room at Eagle Hill School.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in the opening keynote address at the 2013 National Smart Start Conference at the Joseph S. Koury Center.

In Helping Children Succeed, I write about a new generation of researchers — neuroscientists, psychologists, and economists — who are questioning the idea that character strengths should be thought of as skills at all.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed as part of the Uncommon Voices speaker series at the Bolton Street Synagogue, 212 W. Cold Spring Lane.

In a speech, Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, explains how students can sometimes benefit from adversity.

His previous book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, was translated into 27 languages and spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback best - seller lists.

Both books are about the same broad subject: why some children succeed and others don't.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a keynote speech at the Midlands Mentoring Partnership's fifth annual Youth Development Summit and Awards Luncheon at the CenturyLink Center.

This one is Helping Children Succeed.

Paul Tough's last book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback best - seller lists and was translated into 27 languages.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a speech at the United for Children launch event, presented by United Way of Allegheny County.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed as part of the UCSB Arts & Lectures series at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Why do some children succeed while others fail?

The particular focus of How Children Succeed was the role that a group of factors often referred to as noncognitive or «soft» skills — qualities like perseverance, conscientiousness, self - control, and optimism — play in the challenges poor children face and the strategies that might help them succeed.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed as a keynote speaker at the annual conference of Education Minnesota, the state's main teachers» union.

But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self - control.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a lecture hosted by the Leadership Legacy Experience, the Student Union Board of Governors, and the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut.

Paul will discuss Helping Children Succeed in a speech at the Strathcona - Tweedsmuir School, as part of the school's Experts in Education Speaker Series.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a keynote address at the 2013 conference of the Partnership for After School Education at PACE University, One Pace Plaza.

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a speech at the Transitions Conference, presented by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.

My second book, How Children Succeed, considered the challenges of disadvantaged children through a different lens: the skills and capacities they develop (or don't develop) as they make their way through childhood.

In Helping Children Succeed, I write about an emerging school of thought in educational psychology that focuses on the importance of students» motivations and mindset.

Paul will discuss Helping Children Succeed in a keynote speech at the Florida Council for Independent Schools annual convention at the Hyatt Regency in Miami.

In a speech, Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, explains how a student's character and outside help work together to improve that student's life.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed as the keynote speaker at the Charlotte 2014 Education Summit, which will be held at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

Paul will discuss Helping Children Succeed in a speech at the National Partnership for Educational Access annual conference in Boston.

The initial reaction of many educators, when they first encounter the research about non-cognitive abilities that I wrote about in How Children Succeed, is to try to figure out how to teach their students these skills.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in Eckstein Hall with Mike Gousha, distinguished fellow in law and public policy at Marquette Law School.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a keynote address at Minnetonka High School as part of the Minnetonka Institute for Leadership in Education.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a keynote address at the Summer Leadership Institute of the Lubbock, Texas, independent school district.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a speech presented by the Millburn Parent Teacher Organization Committee.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a lecture sponsored by the Parents» Association of Greens Farms Academy.

There's a lot of science in How Children Succeed, but much of the book is taken up with stories of young people trying to improve their lives, and the teachers and counselors and doctors trying to help them, often using unorthodox methods.

Paul will discuss grit, character, and How Children Succeed with David Levin, co-founder of KIPP, and Dominic Randolph, head of the Riverdale Country School, at the Jewish Community Center in New York City as part of the JCC's Learning Matters conversation series hosted by John Merrow.

Paul Tough discusses some of the promising new school models that he wrote about in Helping Children Succeed.

The 1st was AMC and Autism, and the 2nd one explored Autism games from Children Succeed.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in the Meeting and Performance Hall of the Fenn School, which is at 516 Monument Street.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a keynote speech and a panel discussion at the Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit, presented by Making Cents International.

From the best - selling author of How Children Succeed, a handbook to guide readers through the new science of success.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in a speech at the 2013 Changing the Odds Conference, hosted by Salesmanship Club Youth and Family Centers.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed at the Turning Point School as part of the 2014 - 2015 Parent Speaker Series.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed in the Massey Theater at Greenwich Academy, 200 North Maple Avenue.

«Paul Tough's «How Children Succeed» is an extraordinarily thoughtful book that had a profound impact on me as both a parent and a policy maker.

Paul will discuss How Children Succeed with parents, policy makers, and child welfare providers at Sabot at Stony Point, an independent school in Richmond.