Click to raise the number of LIKES for Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed

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The importance of community,
the importance of information
Grades were less important than the actual knowledge.

Michelle Obama at a charter school



Download Paul Tough's Chapter 3
... 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.

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Curiosity (a NY Times Article from 2011)

perseverance, 
curiosity, 
conscientiousness, 
optimism, and 
self-control.

How do these skills connect with the survival skills described by Tony Wagner?