As her report
put it: «The research suggests that, while there may be little return to trying to make students more gritty as a way of being (i.e.,
in ways that would carry over to all aspects of their lives at all times and across contexts), students can be influenced to demonstrate perseverant behaviors — such as persisting at academic tasks, seeing big projects through to completion, and buckling down when schoolwork gets hard —
in response to certain
classroom contexts and under
particular psychological conditions.»
«We are
putting many teachers
in our
classrooms that are quality people, but they're not certified
in that
particular content area,» said Nelson Spencer, superintendent of McDowell County Schools.