A review by literarylover37
Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why by Paul Tough

3.0

I think the title is misleading on this one. This is a good book but it would be a better book if I wasn't expecting actual solutions (as based on the title). What this book really is, is a great compendium of research that has been done on various areas of child development and programs in schools. Most of the successful school examples though are from charter schools, independent programs, or private schools. This makes the struggle to execute these ideas all the harder because of the bureaucracy inherent in public schools. Again, a good compilation of studies (some new to me, some I'd heard of before) and some good broad ideas but little in the ways of actual execution.