Today's NY Times (Sun 11 Oct) had an interesting article by Nicholas Kristof about why Asians do so well academically and economically in the U.S. ("The Asian Advantage"). Unfortunately Kristof's ...
A new study from the Center for American Progress concludes that teachers’ expectations for their students are strongly correlated with students’ graduation rates. Unfortunately, the study also says ...
Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. In the story told by the Roman poet Ovid, Pygmalion is a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has ...