The Conversation

Grit matters when a child is learning to read, even in poor South African schools

Focusing on socio-emotional skills such as grit may help more children succeed in school. GettyImages School quality is important in determining children’s success at school. But individual ...
Sacramento Bee

Grit and gratitude join reading, writing and arithmetic on report cards

In this file photo from 2011, Josh Costa, left, celebrates the right answer to a math question with Gabriel Williams, then 9, in his third grade class at Sierra Oaks K-8 School in the San Juan Unified ...
Reading Eagle

Letter: Mata was right: Grit leads to success

Dr. Warren F. Mata’s Superintendents’ Forum (“Learning value of grit key ingredient to lifetime of success,” Reading Eagle, Jan. 14) was perhaps the most accessible, relevant and insightful piece I ...
Education Week

Forget Grit. Focus on Inequality.

As we approach the final months of the school year, grit continues to be a national obsession. This so-called quality of grit refers to persistence toward a long-term future goal and has been received ...